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Tambourine

<p>The <b>tambourine</b> is a <a href="/en/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument" class="wl">musical instrument</a> in the <a href="/en/Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument" class="wl">percussion family</a> consisting of a frame, often of <a href="/en/Wood" title="Wood" class="wl">wood</a> or <a href="/en/Plastic" title="Plastic" class="wl">plastic</a>, with pairs of small <a href="/en/Metal" title="Metal" class="wl">metal</a> <a href="/en/Jingle_(percussion)" title="Jingle (percussion)" class="wl">jingles</a>, called "<a href="/en/Zill" title="Zill" class="wl">zills</a>". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a <a href="/en/Drumhead" title="Drumhead" class="wl">drumhead</a>, though <a href="/en/Headless_tambourine" title="Headless tambourine" class="wl">some variants</a> may not have a head. Tambourines are often used with regular percussion sets. They can be mounted, for example on a stand as part of a <a href="/en/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit" class="wl">drum kit</a> (and played with drum sticks), or they can be held in the hand and played by tapping, hitting, or shaking the instrument.</p>

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<a href="/en/Hand_percussion" title="Hand percussion" class="wl">Hand percussion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Hornbostel–Sachs" title="Hornbostel–Sachs" class="wl">Hornbostel–Sachs classification</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left">112.122(+211.311, with drumhead)<br>(Indirectly struck <a href="/en/Idiophone" title="Idiophone" class="wl">idiophone</a>, sometimes including struck <a href="/en/Membranophone" title="Membranophone" class="wl">membranophone</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:#d8bfd8"><a href="/en/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument" class="wl">Related instruments</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left">
<a href="/en/Riq" title="Riq" class="mw-redirect wl">Riq</a>, Buben, <a href="/en/Dayereh" title="Dayereh" class="mw-redirect wl">Dayereh</a>, <a href="/en/Daf" title="Daf" class="wl">Daf</a>, <a href="/en/Kanjira" title="Kanjira" class="wl">Kanjira</a>, <a href="/en/Frame_drum" title="Frame drum" class="wl">Frame drum</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>Tambourines come in many shapes with the most common being <a href="/en/Circle" title="Circle" class="wl">circular</a>. It is found in many forms of music: <span class="new">Arabic folk music</span>, <a href="/en/Turkish_folk_music" title="Turkish folk music" class="wl">Turkish folk music</a>, <a href="/en/Greek_folk_music" title="Greek folk music" class="mw-redirect wl">Greek folk music</a>, <a href="/en/Italian_folk_music" title="Italian folk music" class="wl">Italian folk music</a>, <a href="/en/French_folk_music" title="French folk music" class="wl">French folk music</a>, <a href="/en/Classical_music" title="Classical music" class="wl">classical music</a>, <a href="/en/Galician_traditional_music" title="Galician traditional music" class="mw-redirect wl">Galician traditional music</a>, <a href="/en/Persian_traditional_music" title="Persian traditional music" class="wl">Persian music</a>, <a href="/en/Samba" title="Samba" class="wl">samba</a>, <a href="/en/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music" class="wl">gospel music</a>, <a href="/en/Pop_music" title="Pop music" class="wl">pop music</a>, <a href="/en/Country_music" title="Country music" class="wl">country music</a>, and <a href="/en/Rock_music" title="Rock music" class="wl">rock music</a>.</p>



The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head. Tambourines are often used with regular percussion sets. They can be mounted, for example on a stand as part of a drum kit , or they can be held in the hand and played by tapping, hitting, or shaking the instrument. Tambourines come in many shapes with the most common being circular. It is found in many forms of music: Arabic folk music, Turkish folk music, Greek folk music, Italian folk music, French folk music, classical music, Galician traditional music, Persian music, samba, gospel music, pop music, country music, and rock music. 