Tambura (South)

[nabo97]

4 people didn't enjoyed the lyrics

[Cainoish]

Didgeridoo meet sitar!

[54markl]

This is my favorite Indian instrument. I want to buy one! It's the Indian bass guitar!

[VincentFinn]

this instrument is useless

[asskickatron]

@VincentFinn It backs up the sitar for hindustani classical music, dumbass. It's ancient.

[mechazaowa]

is this considered male or female?

[jdsowa]

tab please

[neonwind]

Superb

[stephanieyyy]

beautiful

[HulloKat]

This is beautiful ... and it makes a smiley face.

[kissing88]

you could probably play metal with this!

[TheZippyMark]

@kissing88 Listen to Om.

[kasuvanu]

thanks

[makeghandi]

batman...

[UndefinedMadrid]

Wheeeeeeeeeehoooooooooooooooo.­...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[anandpathik]

Hello sir

Plz tell me some tips for singing high notes. Plz upload one of your video singing high note and low note along Tanpura.Plz Plz...........

Waiting for your responce.

This is vikas kumar from Patna (Bihar)

[rahulc24]

the tambura is only supposed to provide harmonic resonance for the other musicians, it's not meant to be fancy

[mjazzguitar]

If you are a beginner and don't know much about music and have a piano play G D & another G an octave higher on a piano with the left hand & some rhythm to it and play triads with your right (three notes with a space between them, all white notes) you can get a raga feel going. Do it with D A D and you get a minor feel, again all white notes. F C F and you'll get a unique sound also. You can do it with four notes in the right hand also. Be sure to pedal except when changing chords.

[ladykillerr1]

It might be super easy. But it sounds dope

[caulinrocker1]

@ladykillerr1 not really ... look how hes doing it ... he is lightly touching each string and releasing ... it takes a while to get it right

[RatRaceAce]

@caulinrocker1 You're right. The strings should be stroked gently to activate them, keeping the fingers flat; not plucked like a guitar string (minimise the "attack" in the sound; let it just swell up). Also, don't damp the other strings while stroking one string; the sounds of all the strings need to continue and mix together to form a continuous and complex wave of sound. There is indeed a technique involved here.

[redlerb]

@ladykillerr1 +1, sir. It does indeed sound dope.

[floofytown]

@ladykillerr1 It actually isn't super easy to play it right, it's subtle and difficult as shit to tune and get the proper tone out of.

[widjaja23]

wow great lyrics

[Jimlead]

The sound of this instrument is pure light.

[inoshan0007]

indian vocal is best..

[MrSazi29]

ha hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!i cant stop laphing!!!!amazing man!!!i see it every day

[gebass6]

@MrSazi29 You want to see something funny?Go to "Wishbass Demo"

[GingerGarlicOnion]

wow 

[iowafilmdude22]

I would think that most musicains who play this instrument also play another instrument such as the sarod or the sitar or perhaps the tabla or dilruba.

[musicluvu]

this is an easy instrument

[bluevlilac09]

:) i like it

[rahulc24]

what raga is this?

[qqqCYBERLEADERppp]

beautiful instrument

[amumblingmouse]

are the strings hypersensitive or something??? im not very educated in the way you play tambura... someone educate meh!

[Nisp2]

@amumblingmouse I believe its because the neck is hallow... if im wrong someone correct me!

[Nisp2]

@Nisp2 hollow* :)

[afghanforlife]

@amumblingmouse

The strings run over a curved bridge which is filed in such a way as to produce the characteristic 'buzz' of the overtones. This achieved further by run little strings of cotton thread under the strings at the bridge end to produce the desired timbre.

[amumblingmouse]

@afghanforlife thank you! :D

[somedanceforjoy]

im down for the vocals and its a beautiful instrument but it looks kinda boring? you only get 4 notes?

[petiso8]

@somedanceforjoy In my maracas I only get 2 notes, and it is not boring.

[afghanforlife]

@somedanceforjoy

It's not supposed to be 'exciting'. It's a drone instrument used to create a backdrop of sound that emphasizes the main intervals of the scales, i.e. the tonic , its perfect fifth or perfect 4th, for raag presentations.

[Brucy6666]

@somedanceforjoy i think thats why he is yelling?

[LightbreadLoftin]

@somedanceforjoy its kinda like a bass, except bass is harder to play and is a lot funner, this just sounds cool, but id hate to play it

[ov3rcl0cked]

@somedanceforjoy You use it for droning, its not like most western instruments where you have a standard tuning, you tune this instrument for the specific song. You tune the lowest string to your tonic, the next 2 up to an octave of the tonic, then the highest string to a perfect fifth. So if you tuned it to G, you'd tune 3 strings in different octaves of G, then the highest string in C.

[Distractinator]

@ov3rcl0cked C is not a perfect fifth above G. D is the fifth.

[ownerfate]

the sound of this is very relaxing. always wonder how its able to make such a sound.

[tittiesman1231]

Tambura owns my brain

[sangeethsagar]

hahaha Indian culture influenced.. actually this Arbia was in India pre-Islamic.

[StJohnNash]

Waw amazing.

[sumerta]

South Indidan vocal.Very nice.

[Untemperedsteel]

Song sounds like Arabic or Persian music, but I am sure the cultures influenced India and vice versa.

[MazzazzK]

Now to Sweet Child'o mine

[roketjack]

Beautiful =D

I'm getting a sitar tomorrow. Might upload some videos at some point.

[armomega]

GURU

[k0stil]

how long can this instrument sound?

[DudeManSharp]

George Harrison lead vocal, tambura, sitar

Session musicians swarmandal, dilruba, tabla

this is the correct personnel on "Within You Without You".

[mutemmimcuz]

neee neee neeeneennneeennneee...???

ne bu amına koyim

fuck of

[japanesesen]

Thank you Wesleyan for promoting the classical instrument of India. Wonderful!! :D

[HerrenbachStyle]

indian music is so fucking good man. in my opinion best music of the world!

[palletooru]

gr8 comment man, many people equate GOD to f@#k ,

[JALV123]

I like that instrument in the song within without you of the Beatles, george harrison used one, is fantástic the noise

[JacobH021]

@JALV123

The instrument George used in "Within You Without You" is a Veena. A very old Indian instrument.

[mythicaljake]

Pretty sure it was a sitar...

[glorplaxy]

the instrument used in that song is definitely not a sitar. you can clearly hear it is a tampura after watching this.

[glorplaxy]

i didn't hear any veena in that song. i heard a tampura, a dilruba or esraj, and a tabla

[dmsanct]

i want one :/

[cutiepoop13]

Wow, beautifully performed!

[kaspukas]

OM - Alan Watts

[lamrimeater]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[AristYdes]

this is incredible.masterwork of accoustics

[binhoservice]

+ + zemmmmmmmmmmm

[roketjack]

What a beautiful sound, I love the Tambura

[horshodg]

this instrument is not used to play music...it is only used to play 3 reference notes to help the singer/player

[sfcard]

How are notes not music?

open your mind

[horshodg]

@sfcard

oh no...i kno it is music n i can listen to the taanpura the whole day...i wrote that as a reply to someone who said that this is boring..so i jus meant to say that there r no solo performances of taanpura! :)

[AristYdes]

its supposed to accompany other instruments. inform yourself before commenting shit

[13243546abcdef]

that's awesome

[mithunoorath]

wah bhai wah.... classical music always enthralls me...