TANJAVUR CARNATIC TAMBURA

This is a south Indian style of tambura, used widely by Carnatic music performers. It has a somewhat different shape and style of decoration from that of the miraj, but is otherwise much the same size. Typically, no gourd is used, but the spherical part is gouged out of a solid block of wood. The neck is somewhat smaller in diameter. Jackwood is used throughout; bridges are usually cut from one piece of rosewood. Often, two rosettes are drilled out and ornamented with inlay work. Tanpura or Tambura, a long-necked drone lute which is a chordophones from the lute family of instruments. Tanpura has four or six stringed fretless instrument with a long hollow neck and rounded body. In Hindustani classical music tanpura are in different sizes, the bigger one is known as “males” and smaller one as “females”. There are three main styles of designing a Tanpura: Miraj Style, Tanjore Style and Tamburi Style. It is played with fingers by plucking the strings in successive manner.The instrumental Tanpuras with a length between 95 and 115 cm are the smallest Tanpuras.

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