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Tambourine

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…

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Classification
Hand percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
112.122(+211.311, with drumhead) (Indirectly struck idiophone, sometimes including struck membranophone)
Other names
Riq, Buben

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related to history · 31
Tambourine → AD, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek, Ancient Near East, Arabic, BC, Bourgas Archaeology MuseumWoman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Detail, Dionysus, Egypt, Europe, French, Girl, Greece, Hebrews, Library, Maenad, Magna Graecia
related to Buben · 23
Tambourine → Arab, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Buben, Certain, Czech, East, English, Georgia, Greek, In Kievan Rus, Indo-Aryan, Iran, It, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spain, Tajikistan, The
related to African American influence · 19
Tambourine → African American, American, At, Bessie Jones, Blind Roosevelt Graves, Brother Bones, Brother Tambo, For, Interlocutor, Luther Magby, Master Juba, Ned Christy, On, Pentecostal, Singer-songwriter Josh White, The, To, Uaroy, Used
related to Daf · 14
Tambourine → Albanians, Arab, Azerbaijan, Daf, Indian, Iran, Perso-Arabic, Ruba'i, Rudaki, The Persian, They, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
related to Europe · 10
Tambourine → Bible, By, England, In, Salvation Army, The, The Romani, The Salvation Army, They, Various European
related to In classical music · 9
Tambourine → Georges Bizet's Carmen, Gustav Holst's, Habanera, Jupiter, Nutcracker Suite, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's, Since, The Planets, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
related to Dayereh · 8
Tambourine → Afghanistan, Asian, Balkans, Iran, It, Persia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
related to Kanjira · 8
Tambourine → Carnatic, Hindi-speaking, India, It, Nepal, Nepali, South Indian, The
related to Rebana · 8
Tambourine → Brunei, Indonesia, Islamic, Malay, Malaysia, Rebana, Singapore, Southeast Asia
related to Timbrel · 6
Tambourine → Hebrews, Islam, Israelites, Moors, Spain, Timbrel

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instrument used music drum often percussion played frame hand daf many jingles playing buben tambourines thumb roll american classical head

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TambourineClassificationHand percussion1.00infobox
TambourineHornbostel–Sachs classification112.122(+211.311, with drumhead) (Indirectly struck idiophone, sometimes including struck membranophone)1.00infobox
TambourineOther namesRiq, Buben1.00infobox
Tambourineis amusical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame0.90text
Tambourinepart ofthe song serves to drive the beat forward.Singers who rarely play an instrument are likely to play the tambourine at concerts0.85text
the bonesinstance ofthey turned to smaller percussion instruments0.80text
the tambourineinstance ofthey turned to smaller percussion instruments0.80text
as well as clappinginstance ofthey turned to smaller percussion instruments0.80text
body percussioninstance ofthey turned to smaller percussion instruments0.80text
Ned Christyinstance ofoften performed by whites in blackface0.80text
or sometimes by actual black performersinstance ofoften performed by whites in blackface0.80text
Ray Charlesinstance ofand head.In the 1950s as gospel elements were incorporated into rhythm and blues by African American singers0.80text

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