How to Play the Tambura : Tambura Fingering & Rhythm

Learn how to use proper fingering and keep rhythm for the tambura and get professional tips and instruction from an expert on playing stringed instruments and lyres in this free music lesson video.

Expert: ek
Bio: Carol Lakshmi has dedicated her life to the study of music, art, and Eastern philosophy.
Filmmaker: Evakay Favia

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[DJSeba]

@Max0Inq Tambura to play you will learn

[Max0Inq]

She looks like Yoda.

[emsifara]

assholes this is not tabura the tambura is bulgarian bedore you tell me that i wrong im bulgarian and i know that this is not tambura

[RatRaceAce]

Also, timing the stroking of the strings is quite simple. Consider six counts in time: 1-2-3-4-5-6. The first string and the fourth string last for 2 counts each; the second and the third string last for one count each: (12) (3) (4) (56) . So, the sounds go like: G-CCc-; G-CCc-; etc. (the dash is one count in time).

[RatRaceAce]

Hi, just a few observations: Try to "stroke" the strings, using the flat of the fingers, in order to avoid the sharp plucking sound. Plucking does not produce the right effect. Also, while plucking one string, make sure you don't touch and damp the other strings. You need all the strings to keep vibrating at the same time and produce a complex mixed sound. You don't want the individual string sounds to stand out separately.

[deadheadshaman]

hi, i need a tanpura that i can tune to drone in the same keys as the D and A strings (4th and 5th) on a guitar in standard tuning. would i be better off getting a male tanpura and tuning it up or a female and tuning it down? not sure weather this would kill the buzz or not

[dmanisthebest1]

the lower octave sa string is not tuned properly.

[cosiogalko]

I love your video. Thank you for presenting this.

[BREEPxoo]

does this video really have almost 40,000 views? rightttt.

[sjelos]

@heliumxheels well, if you knew how to press and pluck strings correctly, the proper lengths of tones, and the proper position of hands, what exactly did you expect to learn from this beginners video?