Tambora may refer to:
Music
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Tambora (drum) The tambora (from the Spanish word tambor, meaning "drum") is a two headed drum. In many countries, and especially in the Dominican Republic, tamboras were made from salvaged rum barrels. Performers on the tambora are referred to as tamboreros.
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, different types of percussion instruments
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Tambour (guitar technique) Tambour (also called tambor, tamboro or tambora, written in music as tamb.), is a technique in Flamenco guitar and classical guitar that emulates the sound of a heartbeat. The player uses a flat part of the hand, usually the side of the outstretche ...
can also be spelled tambora
Geography
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Mount Tambora
Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands, it was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it. Before the 1815 eruption, its elevation reached m ...
, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa
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1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history. This eruption, with ...
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Tambora culture
Tambora is a lost city and culture on Sumbawa Island buried by volcanic ash and pyroclastic flows from the massive 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. The city had about 10,000 residents. Scientists unearthing the site have discovered ceramic pots ...
, a village and associated culture on Sumbawa, destroyed by the 1815 eruption
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Tambora language
Tambora is the poorly attested non- Austronesian ( Papuan) language of the Tambora culture of central Sumbawa, in what is now Indonesia, that was made extinct by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. It was the westernmost known Papuan language ...
, the associated language
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Tambora, Jakarta
Tambora is a district (''kecamatan'') of West Jakarta Administrative City, Indonesia. Tambora District is bounded by a railway to the west and to the north, Kali Krukut - Kali Besar canal to the east, and Duri Selatan Road to the south.
The R ...
, a subdistrict of West Jakarta
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Tumbura
Tumbura, sometimes spelled Tambora or Tambura, is a town in South Sudan.
Location
The town is located in Tambura County, Western Equatoria, in the western part of South Sudan, near the International borders with the Democratic Republic of the Co ...
, a town in South Sudan
See also
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Tambour (disambiguation)
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Tambura (disambiguation)
Tambura may refer to:
Musical string instruments
* Tanbur, a category of long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran)
** Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura
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Tambourine (disambiguation)
The tambourine is a percussion instrument.
Tambourine, sometimes misspelled , may also refer to: Geography
*Tamborine, Queensland, locality in Australia Music
*Tambourine Studios, Swedish recording studio
*Tambourine (band), Dutch pop band
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Tanpura
The tanpura (; also referred to as tambura, tanpuri, tamboura, or tanpoura) is a long-necked, plucked, four-stringed instrument originating in the Indian subcontinent, found in various forms in Indian music. Visually, the tanpura resembl ...
, also called as Tambora, an instrument used in Indian classical music for continuous production of consonating reference notes (tonic)
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