Tanbur: ka wehewehe ʻana i ka mea kani, ka hale, ka mōʻaukala, ka hoʻohana

ʻO Tanbur (tambour) kahi mea kani kaula e like me ka lute. He mea kū hoʻokahi ia no ka mea ʻo ia wale nō ma waena o nā mea kani hikina i loaʻa ʻole nā ​​manawa microtonal i kona kani.

Aia i loko o ke kino keʻano o ka pear (deck) a me ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi. Hoʻololi ka helu o nā kaula mai ʻelua a ʻeono, lawe ʻia nā leo me ka plectrum (pick).

ʻO ka hōʻike mua loa ma ke ʻano o nā sila e hōʻike ana i kahi wahine e hoʻokani ana i ka pahu kani mai ʻekolu tausani makahiki BC a loaʻa iā ia ma Mesopotamia. Ua loaʻa pū nā ʻāpana o ka mea hana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mosul i ka makahiki tausani BC.

Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka mea hana ma Iran - ma laila ua manaʻo ʻia he laʻa i ka hoʻomana Kurdish, a hoʻohana ʻia no nā ʻano hana like ʻole.

Pono ke akamai kiʻekiʻe ke aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokani pila, no ka mea, pili nā manamana lima a pau i ka pāʻani.

Hana ʻia ʻo Tanbur e nā mea hana lima mai Bukhara. I kēia manawa, loaʻa ia ma nā wehewehe like ʻole ma nā ʻāina he nui. Ua hele mai ia i Rusia ma o ka Byzantine Empire a ua hoʻololi ʻia ma hope i dombra.