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String instrument | |
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Classification | Plucked string instrument |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 |
Developed | Serbia,Bulgaria and Macedonia |
The tambura is a stringed instrument that is played as a folk instrument in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia (especially Vojvodina) and Turkey. It has doubled steel strings and is played with a plectrum, in the same manner as a mandolin.