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The tambura is a stringed instrument that is played as a folk instrument in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia (especially Vojvodina) and Turkey. It has doubled steel strings and is played with a plectrum, in the same manner as a mandolin .
Tambura saz, string instrument from the Bağlama family from Turkey; Balkan tambura, an instrument used in the Balkan region (primarily used in Bulgaria) Tamburica, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe; Tambouras, an instrument played in Greece
Some folk instruments are variants of traditional Asian instruments such as the "Saz" (Bulgarian tambura), or the kemençe (Bulgarian gadulka). More modern style instruments are often used in the modern dance music that is an offshoot of traditional village music. Bulgarian folk bands, called bitovi, use instruments that commonly include
There is a view that the first tambura orchestra was formed in Hungary in the 19th century. [8] The instruments' names came from the Hungarian names of the musical instruments of the symphony orchestra ("cselló" meaning cello , "bőgő" meaning contrabass ) and from the Hungarian Gipsy bands ( bőgős , prím , kontra ).
In the Balkans, the Tambura is a stringed instrument that is played as a folk instrument in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Serbia (especially Vojvodina). It has doubled steel strings and is played with a plectrum, in the same manner as a mandolin.
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It, however, has no direct link with the Danube Bulgaria, another similar lute also called a tambura, due to the isolation of the Bulgars. [1] The Bulgari belongs to the family of tambûrs, an instrument class that started in early Mesopotamia, which started to spread in the Ottoman Empire approximately around 14th-century.
In 2017, Silvera released a collection of original and traditional winter songs featuring Danish musicians Jasper Høiby (bass), Bjarke Falgren (strings), Jacob Smedegaard (drums), Signe Trylle (vox) and British musician Adrian Lever (Bulgarian tambura). It is available as a digital download and 500 limited edition CDs were also released.