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Tamboura

Long-necked Indian drone instrument providing the continuous tonal backdrop in Indian music.

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Four people play tamboura on six Beatles recordings. George Harrison plays tamboura on six of them, such as 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' and 'Across the Universe', ahead of Neil Aspinall and Buddhadev Kansara on one each. The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album shows more of them than any other album for its length, three of the four across its twelve tracks. More of them were written by Lennon than by anyone else, four of the six.

The most-recorded outside players on Beatles records: George Martin (44), Mal Evans (13), Billy Preston (10), Chris Thomas (6), Neil Aspinall (6).

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#	Value	Songs	% of total
1	George Harrison Lead guitarist and songwriter. Harrison's contributions grew from early rockabilly licks to sitar-infused spirituality and some of the band's finest songs, including 'Something' and 'Here Comes the Sun'.	6	66.7%
2	Paul McCartney Paul McCartney on tamboura.	1	11.1%
3	Buddhadev Kansara Indian musician active in Londons Asian Music Circle in the 1960s.	1	11.1%
4	Neil Aspinall The Beatles' road manager and later head of Apple Corps.	1	11.1%