2 string tambura inspired by Indian music
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ม.ค. 2017
- This is a kind of tambura. I made it out of a piece of niangon wood, spruce for the top and nails that act as moving frets. To give it a more Indian feel, I tried to mimic the sitar bridge that gives an interesting buzz to the sound.
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I used this technique to tighten the sitar frets:
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Love from India😊
thank you my friend. Greetings from Greece
Something from nothing. Beautiful. Love Indian music - heaps of good guitar players like Derek Trucks take inspiration for their own playing.
Thanks. Derek Trucks is a really awesome musician!
He's one of my faves. He's truly connected to a guitar. He often talks about how he takes ideas from Indian raga's for his slide playing.
Yes, that's logical because with the slide you can achieve those micro tones that are very common in eastern music
accuatly its not micro note its 1/4 ton :)
it's whatever you want to call it
Great attempt- to clarify: a tambura/ tanpura is an unfretted instrument used as a drone to accompany “lead” instruments or vocal performances. What you’ve made is some variation of a veena (South Indian) or Sitar (North Indian) which is a fretted “lead” instrument but without the various sympathetic strings etc.
I love these videos. They're kind of relaxing.
thank you
Nice build! It turned out great!
Thank you
Sounds good!
This is great! Your skills are getting stronger and more refined. Nice job!
Thank you, glad you liked it
That's really cool. I really like the adjustable frets, and thought it sounded great.
thank you
This is great! I love it.
Thank you for sharing
thank you very much, for watching and commenting
That's great! Great sound too. Very well done.
thank you very much
WOW! Another stunning instrument!
thank you very much
the frets are awesome! super cool
thanks man
I love it!!!
Wow ! Seems like living in India. Your tambura works so fine !
Very creative and inspiring!
thanks
The first minutes of thinking that you're doing a large spoon :)))
lol, sure looks like one
Looks awesome!
Thank you
wow! really impressed as always, and what an authentic sound. you're an inspiration mate, no kiddin'
Thank you very much Mark, very glad you liked it
You got a lot of talent brother! Beautiful craftsmanship and very inspiring.
Thank you my friend, I try my best to learn as many things as I can and share it through my channel!
Amazing
Cool stuff man!
thank you very much
great inspiration for me to make a tambura too.awesome!thanks for sharing!
I thank you for watching and commenting
This seems more like a Sitar then a Tambura. Cool all the same though!
Fantástico trabajo, hermoso, genial : )
wonderful !!
Brilliant! Very cool, Dimitris :)
Thanks brother
This is amazingly awesome! Wow!
thank you very much
Would you mind if we feature this video, and show a clip of it, on the next episode of Made By Nation?
And again: Nice
1:00 Oh I love giant spoons!
Bravo!
thanks
wonderful!
Thank you
simply fantastic bro
thank you very much
super cool -
thank you very much Jimi
U made a effing sitar......... freaking brilliant
thank you very much
A very interesting musical instrument!
thanks
Looks and sounds fantastic! Are you able to tell me the tuning of this instrument.
Never mind my last comment about the hardwood! This is great!
Thanks
Hi there from Portugal,
Nice :D
Obrigado(Thanks)
thank you
v2 with sympathetic strings would be epic
I really want to make an instrument with sympathetic strings. I hope I will someday!
Brilliant! I'm trying to figure if I can cram some into a beer keg upright bass
amazing content keep up the good work
thank you very much
Nice!
thank you
Πολυ ωραία ιδέα μπράβο!
Ευχαριστώ
Amazing!!! The sound is so good...........
thank you very much
Scrap wood City welcome!!!
Lord Visvakarma - God of Craftsmanship (Indian) he used to make all musical instruments for the demigods in the heavenly planets.
Seems you became like him hahaha
Hey really nice sitar!
thanks
só good!!!!
thank you
Very nice. You will have your own percussion section soon.
It has a really indian "boing" to it, at least in my little swedish mind hehe. I want to start building stuff like this but I have some other priorities I can't escape. After that though! These instrument building videos are very inspirational!!!
thank you. Very glad you liked it. The "boing" sound comes from the structure of the bridge.
magic
thanks
Χώμα πιάνεις χρυσάφι γίνεται φίλε μου!
Πανέμορφο όργανο με πολύ ανατολίτικο ήχο.
ευχαριστώ πολύ φίλε μου
great work brother 😍❤👍👌✌😉
thank you very much
Very nice
Thank you
WOW * How long do you always need for a video?
It depends. I complete most of my videos in 3-5 days. But some really complicated builds (like the beehive ) need me months!
Sometimes I have to do research on things I don't know, or try to find tools or materials. This also takes time!
wouldn't a larger router bit work faster for planing out those boards?
Yes, but I got a little bored of setting things up.
Lovely build! One question though, why did you make the soundboard so thick? Wouldnt it have been better for the sound if you thinned it down? ;-)
I have two questions: What wood did you use to withstand the tension of the strings? How thick is the wood?
is it possible to make a travel guitar in the shape of a medieval lute? because I'd like to tackle the project. and also an acoustic guitar that masquerades as an Irish bouzouki
Are you from Greece? I'm noticing that the labels on the stain cans weren't in English
Yes I am
Oh, cool!
Curious: what exactly is the small wooden piece glued on the back of the face for?
definiutely one of mly favourite videois on your channel, euharisto Dimitris
i wish i had the tools to make more homemade instruments (i made a lyre prototype some years ago, but it was far from perfect)
Thank you my friend. Tools is something you aquire gradually over time. Just keep making if you want my opinion
Really cool, mate :) you're getting better each time, i really prefer this headstoch to your other instrument's ones, and the rosace is a really nice touch. Maybe tour reinforcement is too thick and not well placed, with a bigger soundboard too, it would sound better i think. And btw, what's the finish you used?
Thanks, still many things can be improved on the instrument, I keep learning. I will try out your suggestions on future builds. I used water based clear satin varnish
Scrap wood City what are the woods you use?
Niangon and spruce
Scrap wood City niangon? Never heard of it :)
Ωραίο κανάλι φίλε! Από τι είδους ξύλο είναι φτιαγμένο; What kind of wood is the main body really built from?
Ευχαριστώ πολύ. Το ξύλο είναι νιανγκόν
What are the measurements of this instrument. What note the two strings are tuned.
Very inspiring. Why is it that the frets must be sliding, instead of fixed in place
Ήμουν σίγουρος πως είσαι Έλληνας από τα παιξιματα σου το βερνίκι με επιβεβαίωσε !
Να σαι καλά αδελφέ
Ρε τρελε τι εφτιαξες παλι. χαχαχα. Ωραιος!
Από τρέλα έχω μπόλικη. Χαχα, ευχαριστώ
would love to see you take on a 12 string instrument :)
Wow, that's a big step for me. Perhaps in future, I have a few projects in mind
What strings are used.
The javari of a tanpura is in a way fine-tuned with a cotton thread under the string. Both the thread itself and its function is called 'jiva'. The jiva lifts the string by its diameter off the bridge and gives the necessary clearance and adjustability. By carefully shifting the jiva the sequence of the shifting grazing on the parabolic surface of the bridge becomes 'tuneable' within limits. For each string there should be a spot relative to the curve of the bridge where optimum sound quality is found. Within the area of optimum resonance and sustain, a little play should be available for further fine-tuning, in which the jiva can hardly be seen to move. Staying with optics, shifting the jiva would be similar to using the manual fine focus on a camera. Experienced 'javari-makers' will agree that the 'javari' has to be made specific to certain string lengths, gauges and pitches and certain amplitudes. The curvature of the bridge of the main strings of a sitar will be different from that of the smaller and lower bridge in front of the main bridge, which carries the sympathetic resonance-strings (tarafs). As this choir of thinner and shorter strings is excited solely by the sympathetic resonance with the tones played on the main strings, the general amplitude is smaller, so accordingly the curvature will be flatter. The making of a perfectly sounding javari for any instrument requires a very high degree of skill and expertise. Tanpuras are the only instruments that are always used with jiva-threads, except the octave-tamburis. Sitar, Rudra Veena, Sarasvati Veena, all have parabolic wide javari bridges for the main playing strings. Sarod and Sarangi have some of their sympathetic resonance strings (tarafs) on small, flat javari-bridges similar to that of the sitar. The javari of a sitar will be made according to the wishes of the player, either 'open',('khula') with a bright sounding javari-effect, or 'closed' ('band') with a relatively more plain tone, or something in between ('ghol'). The choice depends on the preference of the sitar-player and on the adapted playing style.
τελια δουλεια μπραβω σου
Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ
:D cool
is there videos of just him playing the instroments?!?
Okay so can you explain to me what creates that twang you hear in a lot of Indian instruments like the Sitar? I'm super interested in recreating that sort of tone in different experiments
It's that special bridge sitar has, the strings actually vibrate not on a single point but in a bigger area.
thanks
What's the size of it?
I'd like to also suggest using thinner ply or thinner wood as well. Or maybe get a book on guitar building from internet sources or buy one at Stewart McDonald's website. They have a ton of custom tools worth buying too. But I'm sure shipping to Greece would be wayyyy too much. Acoustic guitars have super thin bodies but have Kerfed lining to support both sides and top/ bottom for gluing. Not difficult to make, just take a while.
Totally agree with you. I am sure I will apply your suggestions in future! I have a few books but I need one especially for acoustic guitar!
For cheap nut and bridge bone, you could also just go to a pet store or dollar store(pet isle) and see what type of stuff they have and cut it down to specification. (I learned that one from my dad years ago) ;)
η φιγούρα που έκανες πάνω στο καπάκι πολύ ωραία μπράβο πολύ σταθερό χέρι
Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ
if it's for sale how much is it ?
ok mas estiles fovero!!!!!
Ευχαριστώ πολύ για τα καλά λόγια φίλε μου
lovely Veena. I would like for you to rehab one of mine that was not put together well :(
do a balalaika pls :)
Perhaps I will some time
+Scrap wood city what is that tool you are using at 2:07 ?
it's a spokeshave
Thank ya'. Have a good day.
make a mini whisky barrel/cask
ME hizo acordar al gigante de
George Harrison
Είσαι μεγάλος !!!
Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ για τα καλά λόγια
Πόσο θα κόστιζε ένα τόσο ωραίο όργανο; :D
Δεν ξέρω, τα όργανα αυτά τα φτιάχνω για εμένα δεν τα έχω κοστολογήσει ποτέ! :)
Θα μου άρεσε πολύ να είχα αυτό το όργανο :D Just saying :)
but does it djent?
How did you ever learn to make all these things?
I am curious about things and I try to learn as much as I can. Projects don't always work out great, but I always learn something new! :)
That is pretty amazing. :)
Do you have any videos about making stringed instruments that don't require an arsenal of power tools?
what's with the tiny little slab in the womb?
I think 2 string sitar or 2 string plucked esraj might be a better description... taburas (at least Indian ones) to my knowledge don''t have frets... Cool instrument. :-)
Taburas in Indian music might not be fretted, but from Greece to Afghanistan you can find numerous types of fretted tambouras!
you could play the Hindu times oasis intro on it
lol, perhaps if I knew it
Tambura has no frets and it have drone strings with great resonance. This instrument looks more like a persian Sehtar.
Have u ever visited to My country INDIA
Unfortunately no. I really admire Indian music though.
how you sell?
Sorry my friend
this could've really benefited from the addition of sympathetic strings but an interesting build nonetheless
Thanks, I would really like to experiment with sympathetic strings at some point!
Could you make a saz please
I want to do so someday
Scrap wood City Nicee!! I am so excited 👌
can you make a traditional Greek instrument? it would be lovely.
I have it in mind. The kemence is also a traditional Greek instrument.
Scrap wood City kemence and Saz(baglama) are actually turkish - as i know - but doesn‘t matter, you make beautiful Videos!
Oh Wow,, That is neat... you should teach classes. ..
Thanks. But to teach classes you need to be a real expert in my opinion. I still have a long long way to go!
Make a pandoura.
sweetjob
Thank you
please make a slavic (serbian, croatian - tambura) also called bisernica or prim.
I will do my research, thanks for the suggestion