# Takumbo

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{{Short description|Philippine tube zither}}
{{Infobox instrument
|name= Takumbo (Bukidnon)
|names= Bambam (Isneg), Pasing (Isneg), Tambi (Kalinga), Tabenbbeng (Ayta Magkunana), Kudlong (Hanunuo), Katimbok (Manobo), Tabobo (Manobo), Tabobok (Subanon), Thambobok (Subanon), Patigunggung (Batak), Serongagandi (Maranao)
|image= Takumbo.jpg
|image_capt= A Takumbo from the Philippines.
|background= string
|classification= [String instrument](/source/String_instrument) 
|hornbostel_sachs=312.11
|hornbostel_sachs_desc= Simple [chordophone](/source/chordophone) or [zither](/source/zither)
|related=*[plucked](/source/plucked_string_instrument) and [struck](/source/struck_string_instrument) string instruments
|articles=}}

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The '''takumbo''' is a parallel-stringed [tube zither](/source/tube_zither) made from [bamboo](/source/bamboo), and is found in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines). It is made from a heavy bamboo tube about 40 cm long, with both ends closed with a node. Two strands of strings, about 5 cm apart, are partially etched out from the body of the bamboo. Small wooden bridges are inserted beneath the strings at both ends. At the center of the bamboo tube, below the strings, a small hole is bored. The small hole is covered with a bamboo plate clipped to the strings.

== Playing techniques ==
In playing the takumbo, the musician can either strike the center plate or the string, or he can also pluck the string with his fingers (Batak). The instrument can be also played by striking the body of the bamboo.

== Instrument variations ==
The takumbo instrument, with slight variations, is also found in northern [Luzon](/source/Luzon) ([Isneg](/source/Isneg). Bambam, [Pasing](/source/Pasing), [Kalingga](/source/Kalingga),  [Tambi](/source/Tambi); in [Zambales](/source/Zambales) ([Ayta Magkunana](/source/Ayta_Magkunana).  [Tabenbbeng](/source/Tabenbbeng); in [Mindoro](/source/Mindoro) ([Hanunuo](/source/Hanunuo),  [Kudlong](/source/Kudlong) ; in [Mindanao](/source/Mindanao) ([Manobo](/source/Manobo) [Katimbok](/source/Katimbok)),  [Tabobo](/source/Tabobo) ; [Subanon](/source/Subanon_people)  [Tabobok](/source/Tabobok), [Thambabok](/source/Thambabok)); and in [Palawan](/source/Palawan) ([Batak](/source/Batak), [Patigunggung](/source/Patigunggung)). The [Subanon](/source/Subanon_people) instrument has an opening on the upper node which the player covers and uncovers while performing. The [Subanon](/source/Subanon_people) play the thambabok  mainly for self-entertainment and relaxation.

=== Parallel-stringed half-tube zither ===
The bamboo half-tube [zither](/source/zither) found among the [Ifugao](/source/Ifugao_people) is called ''Tadcheng'', ''Tedcheng'', ''Gacheng'', or ''Ayudding''. It has two to four strings which, depending on the style of playing, are plucked with the fingers or struck with small bamboo sticks. Boys and men play the [tadcheng](/source/tadcheng) for entertainment, often tapping rhythms patterned after those played on the [gongs](/source/gongs).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dioquinio |first=Corazon |date=2008 |title=Philippine Bamboo Instruments |url=http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/1484 |journal=Humanities Diliman |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1&2 |page=101–113}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Bungkaka](/source/Bungkaka)
* [Diwas](/source/Diwas)
* [Gabbang](/source/Gabbang)
* [Kolitong](/source/Kolitong)
* [Paldong](/source/Paldong)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Category:Chordophones
Category:Philippine musical instruments
Category:Idiochords
Category:Bamboo musical instruments

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