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School of Music
Percussion Techniques

Tambourine

Click above to watch how a tambourine is played.

This is a hybrid instrument representing both the membranophone (head) and idiophone (jingles) categories of percussion instruments. The tambourine has a long and varied history and is represented in one form or another from a myriad of cultures. Instruments can have a single row of jingles, a double row of jingles, the shell or frame can be different diameters (12 inches is the most common size) and can include a head or not.

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Tambourine

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