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This article is about the Kurdish instrument. For similarly named instruments, see tanbur.
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| Classification | *String instrument |
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| Other names | Tanbūr |
| Related instruments | *Tanbur |
The tembûr, a fretted string instrument, is a form of tanbūr.1. It is associated with the Ahl-e Haqq religion in Kurdish areas and in the Lorestān Province of Iran.1 It is currently the only musical instrument used in Ahl-e Haqq rituals, and practitioners venerate the tembûr as a sacred object.2
The tembûr measures 80 cm in length and 16 cm in width.1 The resonator is pear-shaped and made of either a single piece or multiple carvels of mulberry wood.1 The neck is made of walnut wood and has fourteen frets, arranged in a semi-tempered chromatic scale.1 The tembûr employs two steel strings, and may be tuned in fifth, fourth, or second intervals.12 The higher string may be doubled with a third string.12
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Scheherezade Qassim Hassan, R. Conway Morris, John Baily, Jean During. "Tanbur", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001), xxv, pp. 61-62.
- ^ a b c Shiloah, Amnon. "Kurdish music", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001), xiv, p. 40.
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