Tambura (instrument)
# Tambura (instrument)

Tambura may refer to:

* Tanbur, a category of long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran)
   * Tanpura, a stringed drone instrument played in India
   * Kurdish tanbur, used in Yarsan rituals
   * Turkish tambur, instrument played in Turkey
   * Yaylı tambur, also played in Turkey
   * Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura
* Balkan tambura, instruments from Macedonia and Bulgaria
* Tamburica, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe
* Tambouras, played in Greece
* Tanbūra (lyre), played in East Africa and the Middle East
