Tembûr

Other names	Tanbūr
Classification	String instrument
Playing range
Related instruments
Tanbur Lute

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.^[1][2] The higher string may be doubled with a third string.^[1][2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{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.
2. ^ ^{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.

[edit] See also

• Kurdish music

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