Turkish tambur

Tambur
	Turkish tambur on the left
String instrument
Other names	Turkish tambur, Ottoman tambur
Classification	String instrument
Playing range
Related instruments
	Tambouras; Tanbur Bağlama; Saz; Yaylı tambur; ; Tamburica;
Musicians
	Cemil Bey; Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey; İzak Efendi; Tamburi Ali Efendi; Cemil Özbal; Necdet Yaşar; Abdi Coşkun; Sadun Aksüt; Ercüment Batanay; İzzettin Ökte ; Refik Fersan ; Mesut Cemil ; Birol Yayla;
Builders
	Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş;

The tambur (spelled in keeping with TDK conventions) is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. There are two variants, one of which is played with a plectrum (mızraplı tambur) and the other with a bow (yaylı tambur). The player is called a tamburî.

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