Tumbi is a modern, easy, single stringed instrument, Tumbi was introduced to the world of traditional music by Punjabi folk singer Lal Chand Yamla Jatt in the 1970s. This Punjabi folk dance is played during Bhangra. The tumbi consists of a wooden staff with a small resonator made of pumpkin and covered with a skin attached to its lower end. At the upper end of the staff there is a peg that holds a single wire. The string is attached to the lower end of the staff and passed over a small bridge over the skin covering the resonator.
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