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Uniquely, the tanpura is not played in specific rhythm with the soloist, percussionist, or any other featured musician; the precise timing of plucking a cycle of four strings in a continuous loop is a determinant factor in the resultant sound, and it is played, unchangingly, throughout the whole performance.
An electronic tanpura. An electronic tanpura is an electronic instrument that replicates the sound of an Indian string instrument known as the tanpura (tambura), used to provide a constant drone to accompany another's vocal or instrumental melody.
Side view of a Tanjore-style rosewood tanpura bridge with cotton threads adjusted for full resonance. In Indian classical music, javārī [a] refers to the overtone-rich "buzzing" sound characteristic of classical Indian string instruments such as the tanpura, sitar, surbahar, rudra veena and Sarasvati veena.
The overtones are also highly important in the tanpura, the drone instrument in traditional North and South Indian music, in which loose strings tuned at octaves and fifths are plucked and designed to buzz to create sympathetic resonance and highlight the cascading sound of the overtones.
Tribal fiddle instruments called "Dhodro Banam" used by Santhal people in Eastern India. Chikara; Dhantara; Dilruba; Ektara violin; Esraj; Kamaicha; Kingri (string instrument)
Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura; Tanpura, a stringed drone instrument played in India; Kurdish tanbur, used in Yarsan rituals; Turkish tambur, an instrument played in Turkey; Yaylı tambur, an instrument played in Turkey; Tanbūra (lyre), an instrument played in East Africa and the Middle East
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One side of the shruti box Playing the shruti box Playing the shruti box A shruti box and a nadaswaram An electronic shruti box. A shruti box (sruti box, shrutibox, srutibox or surpeti) is a musical instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, that traditionally works on a system of bellows.