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Title	Tumbi instrument.
Description	The tumbi or toombi is a traditional North Indian musical instrument from Punjab. This small, lightweight folk instrument from the northwestern Indian state of Punjab. is used to play simple tunes with a high pitched, plucking musical tone. The tumbi consists of a wooden staff with a small resonator attached to its lower end. The resonator is made of wood or pumpkin and covered by a skin. At the upper end of the staff it has a peg that holds a single string. The one string is attached to the lower end of the staff and passes over a small bridge on the skin covering the resonator. With the fingers of the left hand, the string can be pressed onto the wooden staff to change the pitch. The tumbi is plucked with upward and downward movements of the right index finger. The other fingers of the right hand hold the tumbi at the staff directly above the resonator. The tumbi has been the standard accompaniment of folk singers in Punjab during the 20th century. Together with the danceable Bhangra music, it became popular among the Indian and Pakistani expatriate communities in the UK and the U.S. At the same time it was used in Bhangra scenes in Bollywood movies. After the turn of the millennium, it has become fashionable among international hip-hop stars.
Subject	Tumbi (Musical instrument)--Specimens.; Stringed instruments--India--Punjab.; Musical instruments--India.; Punjab (India)--Music--Study and teaching.
Date	[between 1950? and 2015?]