The tanbūra or "Kissar" is a bowl lyre of East Africa and the Middle East. Tanbūra traces its etymology to the Persian tanbur via the Arabic tunbur (طنبور)...

Fann aṭ-Ṭanbūra (Arabic: فن الطنبورة) is a traditional music and dance genre in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman...

El Tanbura is an Egyptian band, formed in the 1980s. Its performances are based on traditional Egyptian music, featuring the simsimiyya and tanbura instruments...

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Egyptian bands that feature the simsimiyya as a main instrument include El Tanbura, which uses other Egyptian instruments. The simsimiyya is often used to...

different classes including: Drums such as the tabor and tambourine. The tanbūra (lyre) is a bowl lyre of the Middle East and East Africa. It takes its...

culminate in ecstatic dancing, lasting between three and seven nights. The tanbūra, a six-string bowl lyre, is often used in the gathering. Other instruments...

(from What About Me? by 1 Giant Leap) – Alanis Morissette, Eugene Hütz, Al Tanbura & Aida Samb "Wunderkind" (for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch...

mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked lutes such as the tanbura, swarabat, bağlama, bouzouki, veena, theorbo, archlute, pandura, sitar...