Tambora
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Tambora may refer to:
- In music:
- Tanpura, an instrument used in Indian classical music for continuous production of consonating reference notes (tonic)
- Tambora (Dominican drum), an Afro-Caribbean percussion instrument
- Tambora (Argentinian drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambora (Bolivian drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambora (Colombian drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambora (Mexican drum)Tambora (Mexican drum)A tambora is a percussion instrument, resembling a bass drum in Mexican brass bands, mainly in Banda sinaloense and Tamborazo Zacatecano.It is a double headed membranophone with a diameter of 20 - 26 inches, a fixed cymbal on the frame that is struck with another cymbal and a stand for the drum. A...
, a percussion instrument - Tambora (Venezuelan drum)Tambora (Venezuelan drum)In Gaita Zuliana music, from Venezuela, in South America, the tambora is a one-headed drum played with sticks. The player can sit on it or put it between his or her legs to perform rhythms on the instrument, sticking on the head, on the rim or on the body of the drum.-External links:**...
, a percussion instrument - Tambour (guitar technique)Tambour (guitar technique)Tambour , is a technique used in Flamenco guitar and classical guitar which is designed to emulate the sound of a snare drum...
can also be spelled tambora
- In geography:
- Mount TamboraMount TamboraMount Tambora is an active stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and Tambora was formed by the active subduction zone beneath it. This raised Mount Tambora as high as , making it...
, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa - Tambora, JakartaTambora, JakartaTambora is a subdistrict of West Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. Tambora Subdistrict 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....
, a subdistrict of West Jakarta- Tambora, Tambora, an administrative village of the subdistrict
- Mount Tambora
- Tambora culture, an unidentified village and associated culture on Sumbawa, destroyed by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora http://www.guardian.co.uk/indonesia/Story/0,,1720404,00.html
- See also: tambourTambourIn classical architecture, a tambour is the inverted bell of the Corinthian capital around which are carved acanthus leaves for decoration....