Tanbur: bayanin kayan aiki, tsarin, tarihi, amfani
Tanbur (tambour) kayan kida ne mai zare kamar na lumshe. Yana da na musamman saboda shi kaɗai ne a cikin kayan aikin gabas waɗanda ba su da tazarar microtonal a cikin sautinsa.
Ya ƙunshi jiki mai siffar pear (bene) da dogon wuya. Adadin kirtani ya bambanta daga biyu zuwa shida, ana fitar da sautuna ta amfani da plectrum (zaɓi).
Tsohuwar shaida a cikin nau'in hatimi da ke nuna wata mace tana buga tambura ta kasance tun shekaru dubu uku BC kuma an same ta a Mesopotamiya. An kuma gano alamun kayan aikin a birnin Mosul a shekara ta dubu BC.
Ana amfani da kayan aiki sosai a Iran - a can ana ɗaukarsa mai tsarki ga addinin Kurdawa, kuma ana amfani da shi don ayyuka daban-daban.
Koyon buga tambur yana buƙatar ƙwarewa sosai, tunda duk yatsun hannun dama suna cikin Playing.
’Yan kasuwa ne daga Bukhara suka yi Tanbur musamman. Yanzu ana samun ta a cikin fassarori daban-daban a cikin ƙasashe da yawa. Ya zo Rasha ta hanyar daular Byzantine kuma daga baya an daidaita shi zuwa dombra.