tanpura (Indian drone long-necked frettless gourdlute)

~ String instrument

Description

Usually accompanying sitar on ragas, the fretless instrument comes in different sizes: largest; male-voice, smaller; female-voice and smallest; the instrument-accompanying "tanpuri".

Relationships

from:India
type of:lute family
related instruments:sitar (Indian long-necked fretted gourdlute)
picture:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/tanpura/tanpura.png [info]
Wikidata:Q1164636 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_tanpura.html [info]
https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_tanpura.html [info]