"Sitar" on "All I Wanna Do" 1968

[Joshilyn Hoisington]

Tempura? What kind of instrument is that of? I'm familiar with the fried breading only...

Tampura.

I did once see a sitar in an american music store, and got to play it, which was neat.

I haven't played one but my daughter has!

I've always known the tanpura by the name tamboura. Maybe it's like Bombay now being Mumbai or something. It's my favourite Indian instrument, me being a fan of drones.

My former landlord had a sitar but could only manage a few notes. I had a brief bash on it once--he got jealous and asked for it back.

I think there are two things at play, one, is that in the North they call it taNpura and in the South they call it a taMpura.  Or possibly vice-versa.  That plus inconsistant romanization of Devanagari script, and you have plenty of orthographical issues!

[JK]

I've always known the tanpura by the name tamboura.

I think there are two things at play, one, is that in the North they call it taNpura and in the South they call it a taMpura.  Or possibly vice-versa.  That plus inconsistant romanization of Devanagari script, and you have plenty of orthographical issues!

Haha yes. Thanks for clarifying!

I've come across YouTube videos of tanpuras where you can clearly hear the individual notes being plucked, like an ostinato, when surely they should blend into a spiral of sound, such as here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QX9a5-SS1A

I could listen to this all day, in fact I probably will.

[guitarfool2002]

FYI - I always referred to it and knew it as a "tamboura" too. Must be a regional thing, to have at least three different spellings of the same thing. Anyway...


So do we have info on who played this part on the track we're discussing? Or any personnel info at all for the sessions?

[c-man]

FYI - I always referred to it and knew it as a "tamboura" too. Must be a regional thing, to have at least three different spellings of the same thing. Anyway...


So do we have info on who played this part on the track we're discussing? Or any personnel info at all for the sessions?

Nope.