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{{Short description|Punjabi musical instrument}}
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{{Infobox instrument
| name = Tumbi
| names = Toombi, thumbi
| image = Thumbi 2.jpg
| image_capt =
| background = one stringed instrument
| classification = [[String instruments]]
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| articles = [[Kuldeep Manak]], [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]]
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[[File:Toonba and algoza.JPG|thumb|Toonba and [[algoza]].]]
The '''tumbi''' or '''toombi''' ({{lang-pa|ਤੂੰਬੀ}}, 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 instrument|string]] plucking instrument is associated with [[folk music]] of Punjab and presently very popular in Western [[Bhangra (music)|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 (singer)|Mohammed Sadiq]], [[Didar Sandhu]], [[Amar Singh Chamkila]], and [[Kartar Ramla]]. Other users include Punjabi Sufi singers such as [[Kanwar Grewal]] and [[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]]'', a 2001 hit single by [[Missy Elliott]] produced by [[Timbaland]], saw the introduction of the distinct tumbi sound into the popular mainstream music scene.
*''[[Mundian To Bach Ke|Mundian Ton Bach Ke Rahin]] (Beware of Boys)'' from [[Panjabi MC]], a huge hit in the [[UK singles chart|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 (musician)|Kobra Khan]]) included tumbi played by Toronto, Ontario, Canadian native Shawn Ramta (grandson of the famous Punjabi folk singer, Hazara Singh Ramta).
*''[[Baby Doll (Kanika Kapoor song)|Baby Doll me Sone di]]'' has this instrument all throughout.

==Players==

* [[Lal Chand Yamla Jatt]]
* [[Mohammed Sadiq (singer)|Mohammed Sadiq]]
* [[Kuldeep Manak]]
* [[Didar Sandhu]]
* [[Amar Singh Chamkila]]
* [[Manmohan Waris]]
* [[Sarbjit Cheema]]
* [[Sukshinder Shinda]]
* [[Sukhwinder Panchhi]]
* [[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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[[Category:Punjabi music]]
[[Category:Folk instruments of Punjab]]
[[Category:Indian musical instruments]]
[[Category:Monochords]]
[[Category:Punjabi words and phrases]]
[[Category:Pakistani musical instruments]]

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