Balkan tambura

This article is about the instrument played in the Balkan Peninsula. For other instruments with similar names, see Tanbur.
Tambura
Bulgarian tambura
String instrument
Other namesBalkan Tamburası
Classification Plucked string instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification321.322
DevelopedBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Turkey

The balkan tambura, balkan tamburası or tambura is a stringed instrument that is played as a folk instrument in Thrace and Balkans namely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia (especially in Vojvodina region), Montenegro and Turkey. It has doubled steel strings and is played with a plectrum, similar to mandolin and bağlama.

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