The news of supermodel Gisele Bundchen learning to play the tanpura has created quite a ripple among Indian classical musicians. “Thank you Ivan and Mayra for the Tanpura class, we loved it! When will ...

At a time when the acoustic tanpura is bidding a quiet adieu to the classical concert stage, a book Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura, Indian Plucked String Instrument written by a team of physicists ...

A scientific rethink of a craft steeped in tradition, unencumbered by hallowed strictures, can shatter long-held beliefs, shed valuable insight, and provide interesting perspective. Dr. Bhushan M.

As the kutcheri gathers momentum with the vocalist improvising on Raga Thodi, the tanpura’s pleasant drone accompanies him through the piece. But there’s no girl in a half-sari holding a tanpura, no ...

The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic (six ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string instrument ...

CHENNAI : When the audience gathered for the virtual Library Talk by Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum expected Jyothika KP to pick up a tanpura and play a song by tuning and twisting its strings, they ...