Tanbur

The tanbur (Persian تنبور tanbour, also Tambur ) is a long-necked According to type with two to five strings, which is widely used in the Orient.

The name tanbur has been known for two thousand years and referred to long- necked lutes from the Balkans ( Tambura ) on Turkey ( tanbur, Tambur, Kurdish Tembûr ), Iran to Central Asia and to the distinctly different from the shape of Indian tanpura. The sound box of today's instruments is glued from wood chips. They are related to the Persian long necked lute Setar. Tanbour is caused by sound change from the word Pandur, from which in turn the European lute Pandora, the Georgian Panduri and the Chechen Pondur have their name.

The tanbur is often played in conjunction with the frame drum daf and is one of the four basic instruments of Turkish art music.

Sufis in the west of Iran and other Kurdish settlement areas using the instrument in the religious invocation ( dhikr ).