Dombra
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The dombra, also known as the dombyra, is a long-necked, plucked lute used in the traditional music of the Kazakhs, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Nogais, Bashkirs and Tatars, and the principal national ins
Dawood Sarkhosh, a Hazara Dombra player.
Tanbur
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The term Tanbur can refer to various long-necked string instruments originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology pre
Dombra
…languages: the Afghan and Tajik forms are usually rendered dambura or damboora, the Bashkir form is dumbyra, and the related Uyghur instrument is the tanbur. All of these names are ultimately related to the Persian-Arabic ṭanbūr, a generic term for a long-necked lute attested in Middle Persian and used…
Musician and luthier Ghobad Ghobadi (تنبورقبادی), a face of Yarsanism, plays a Kurdish tanbur. Ghobadi makes tanburs in the Yarsan tradition.
Kurdish Tembur
left to right: Turkish tambur, Greek Baglamas, tambouras
North Indian Tanpura (left) used as a drone to accompany a sarod recital