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TAMUR, pandur, is a Dagestan stringed plucked instrument. It is widespread since antiquity among Avars, Dargins and Kumyks living in Nagorny and Middle Dagestan. It has a narrow, long, scooped, hollowed case, ending at the bottom with a two-prong or trident, and a neck with 5-6 frets (the neck and body are made from one piece of lime tree); pine deck with a group of small resonant holes. Total length approx. 900 mm.There are two strings. The strings of ancient T. were twisted from horsehair, near sovr. tools - vein. Story is usually quart: a - d1, range: a - d2. Sound is produced by rattling when the right hand brush moves quickly. It sounds quietly, recalls the timbre of the load. chonguri. On T. hl arr. accompanying singing - a wok is duplicated on the upper string. melody, on the bottom a bourdon sound is extracted; men play it, sometimes accompanying the girls singing. It is supplanted by a more powerful sounding instrument of the same type with agach-kumuz.