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influence on Western culture
- In wind instrument: Developments in the Middle Ages

importance in non-Western instrumentation

In instrumentation: Non-Western instrumentation

Central Asia
- In Central Asian arts: Folk music
India
- In South Asian arts: Classical music
- In South Asian arts: Further development of the grama-ragas
Oceania
- In Oceanic music and dance: Common traits
Southeast Asia
- In Southeast Asian arts: Vocal music

role in

bagpipe music
- In bagpipe
krar playing
- In stringed instrument: Lyres

Article Contributors

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Mark DeVoto

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added audio example of tambura providing a drone for a vocal performance.	Virginia Gorlinski	Aug 19, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 13, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998