Tembûr
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This article is about the Kurdish instrument. For similarly named instruments, see tanbur.
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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