Dumbra: chii, chiridzwa kuumbwa, nhoroondo, kushandiswa

Dumbra chiridzwa chemimhanzi cheTatar chakafanana neRussia balalaika. Rinotora zita raro kubva mumutauro wechiArab, mushanduro yaro muchiRussian rinoreva “kutambudza mwoyo.”

Ichi chiridzwa chetambo chakavhomorwa chiridzwa chine tambo mbiri kana nhatu. Muviri unowanzo kutenderedzwa, wakaita pear, asi kune zvienzaniso zvine triangular uye trapezoidal. Kureba kwechordophone ndeye 75-100 cm, kureba kweresonator inenge 5 cm.

Mukati mekutsvaga kwekuchera matongo, zvakagumiswa kuti dumbra ndeimwe yekare yakadzurwa zvigadzirwa zvemimhanzi, izvo zvatova nemakore anenge 4000. Ikozvino inoshandiswa kashoma, makopi mazhinji akarasika uye samples dzakabva kuEurope dzinowanzoshandiswa. Zvisinei, munguva yedu iri chimbo cheTatar, pasina izvo zvakaoma kufungidzira muchato wetsika. Iye zvino, zvikoro zvemimhanzi muTatarstan zviri kutangazve kufarira kudzidzisa vadzidzi kuridza chiridzwa chechiTatar.

Dumbra inozivikanwa zvose munharaunda yeTatarstan uye muBashkortostan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan nedzimwe nyika dzakawanda. Nyika yega yega ine chordophone ine zita rakasiyana: dombra, dumbyra, dutar.