{{Short description|Punjabi musical instrument}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox instrument | name = Tumbi | names = Toombi, thumbi | image = Thumbi 2.jpg | image_capt = | background = one-stringed instrument | classification = String instruments | hornbostel_sachs = | hornbostel_sachs_desc = | developed = | range = | related = | articles = Kuldeep Manak, Bhangra }} [[File:Toonba and algoza.JPG|thumb|Toomba and algoza.]]{{Punjabis}} The '''tumbi''' or '''toombi''' ({{langx|pa|ਤੂੰਬੀ}},<!--CAN SOMEONE VERIFY THIS IS THE LITERAL MEANING?? "gourd", --> pronunciation: ''tūmbī''), also called a '''tumba''' or '''toomba''', is a traditional musical instrument from the Punjab region of the northern Indian subcontinent. The high-pitched, single-string plucking instrument is associated with folk music of Punjab and presently very popular in Western Bhangra music.<ref name="Roy2010">{{cite book|author=Anjali Gera Roy|title=Bhangra Moves: From Ludhiana to London and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8O9tua3CjhMC&pg=PA58|accessdate=9 June 2013|year=2010|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-5823-8|pages=58–}}</ref>
The tumbi was popularized in the modern era by the Punjabi folksinger Lal Chand Yamla Jatt (1914-1991). In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s many Punjabi singers adopted the tumbi, notably Kuldeep Manak, Mohammed Sadiq, Didar Sandhu and Amar Singh Chamkila. Other users include Punjabi Sufi singers such as Saeen Zahoor.
The instrument is made of a wooden stick mounted with a gourd shell resonator. A single metallic string passes across the resonator over a bridge and is tied to a tuning key at the end of the stick. Players strike the string with a continuous flick and retraction of the first finger to produce sound.
==Use in Western music== *"Get Ur Freak On", 2001 hit single by Missy Elliott produced by Timbaland, saw the introduction of the distinct tumbi sound into the popular mainstream music scene. *"Mundian Ton Bach Ke Rahin" ("Beware of the Boys") from Panjabi MC, a huge hit in the UK charts, is perhaps the most widely known example of the use of tumbi in popular Western music. *"20 Inch" by Master P (featuring Jamaican reggae artist Cutty Ranks and rap artist Kobra Khan) included tumbi played by Toronto, Ontario, Canadian native Shawn Ramta (grandson of the famous Punjabi folk singer, Hazara Singh Ramta). *"Baby Doll" features tumbi throughout the song.
==Players== <!-- ATTENTION: ANY NAMES ADDED HERE _MUST_ HAVE AN EXISTING WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE FIRST (APPEAR AS A BLUE LINK) IN ORDER TO BE ON THE LIST. --> * Lal Chand Yamla Jatt * Mohammed Sadiq * Kuldeep Manak * Didar Sandhu * Amar Singh Chamkila * Manmohan Waris * Sarbjit Cheema * Sukshinder Shinda * Saeen Zahoor * Sangtar
==See also== * Ektara India * Ek Tare Nepal * Kendara * Khamak
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Thuhi, Hardial. [http://www.global.ucsb.edu/punjab/journal/v18_1_2/articles/6_TheTumba.pdf ''The Tumba-Algoza Ballad Tradition'']. Translated by Gibb Schreffler. ''Journal of Punjab Studies'' 18(1&2) (Spring-Fall 2011). pp. 169–202.
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