Tanpura Deluxe Model - Ladies - (Miraj)The Tanpura is called as the Tambura (Devanagari: तम्पूरा) is along necked plucked lute, tumba made with a dried Gourd. This is a stringed instrument found in different versions in different places. This is also called Tambora in Marathi, Tambura in South India, Tamburo in Gujarati, or Tanpura in North India in its bodily shape somewhat resembles the sitar,but it has no frets, as only the open strings are played as a harmonica accompaniment to the other musicians. It has four or five (rarely, six) wirestrings, which are plucked one after another in a regular pattern to create a harmonic resonance on the basic note Standard tuning of the Tanpura is PA sa sa SA means if you want to tune your Tanpura on 'Bb' note, then 1st string 'F 'lower 2nd string 'Bb'natural, 3rd string 'Bb' natural 4th string 'Bb' lower.