Definitions
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- noun music In Classical Turkish Music, a long-necked, fretted, plucked
lute . Also, various lutes of West and Central Asia.
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Examples
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The nine-member group creates its mesmerizing music with the help of the tanbur, a traditional Kurdish lute, the daf, a framed drum, as well as Brazilian musical instruments.
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: Amnesty International Concert in SF With Iranian Band 2009
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Mr. Alimatov was an Uzbek musician, playing the dutar and tanbur, and composer.
World Music Central 2009
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Included in the Galactica orchestra are a Chinese membrane flute, Indian bansuri flute, duduk (a soulful Armenian woodwind), erhu (Chinese violin), yialli tanbur (a Turkish lute), dumbek (Middle Eastern drum), and Japanese taiko drums. 70 episodes into the series, and still he’s excited about the tribal sounds he uses to tie the scifi series to its primitive roots.
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