Tumbi: India musical instrument
The tumbi is a traditional musical instrument instrument from northern part of India known as Punjab. The high pitched, sindle string pluc...
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The tumbi is a traditional musical
instrument instrument from northern part of India known as Punjab. The high
pitched, sindle string plucking musica; instrument is linked with the folk
music of Punjab and currently is a popular
musical instrument in the western Bhangra music.
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The
instrument was popularized in the modern period by the Punjabi folk musician
Lal chand Yamla Jatt. Most of Punjabi musicians like Kuldeep Manak, Mohammed Sadiq, Didar Sandhu, Amar Singh Chamkila and Kartar Ramla, used
the musical instrument.
The tumbi is
produced of wooden stick mounted with a resonator made of gourd shell. A single metallic string is passed on the
resonator of the instrument over the bridge and tied to the key at the end of
the stick. The string of the instrument is struck with the continuous flick and
retraction of the player’s forefinger.
