Tambourine

Tambourine, tambourine also (French diminutive of tambour " drum " of Arab TAMBUR ) called in several European languages, a frame drum with jingles ( tambourine ). Tambourines are beaten with the hands. They consist of a mostly one-sided with animal skin ( veal, goat skin ) or synthetic fur -covered hoop of metal or wood, which can be occupied with clamps predominantly in the form of pairs of curved metal plates ( cymbals ). Frame drums were in use already in the music of Egypt and are used in many types of music and dances.

Regional species

• The bigger tambourine of the Basque Country called tambour de basque.
• The Catalan Tamborí is a small percussion instrument that is used in the Cobla, the Sardanakapelle.
• The tambourine in Arab countries means Riq, Daf space in the Persian and Central Asia Daira or similar.
• From the Italian folk music is the Tamburello. A separate development is played brilliantly by Carlo Rizzo in jazz.
• A historical special form is the String Tamburin, such as the tambourine de Béarn, in which several strings are struck simultaneously, swing the then over a box-shaped sound box.

A similar instrument without eardrum is the tambourine or tambourine, which is often incorrectly referred to as a tambourine, as mentioned in the Anglo- American world all Schell instruments " tambourine ". A tambourine is not to be confused with the Brazilian ringing loose tamborim. A historical frame drum is the Tabor.

Play

The tambourine can be beaten with fingers, palm, fist or flail, which are on the head or the high tinkling of the bells in the foreground of the sound depending on the proximity to the scope of the short hard blow. In dance the tambourine is often beaten against the elbow or the knee. In addition, a longer Schell sound as well as the Tambourine by shaking or by rubbing his thumb over the eardrum can be generated.

Riq

Catalan Tamborí with Schlegel (left ) together with a Flabiol (right)

Schellenkranz

Tambourin de Béarn