Kocek with tambourine
19th c. Turkish boy dancer.

The tambourine is musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a single drumhead mounted on a ring with small metal jingles. It is held in the hand and can be played in numerous ways, from stroking or shaking the jingles to striking it sharply with hand or stick or using the tambourine to strike the leg or hip. It is found in many forms of music, classical music, Roma music, Persian music, gospel music, pop music and rock and roll. The word tambourine finds its origins in the Middle Persian word tambūr "lute, drum" (via the Middle French tambour). Download high resolution version (395x848, 162 KB)Dancing Köçek with a tambourine. ... Download high resolution version (395x848, 162 KB)Dancing Köçek with a tambourine. ... The köçek phenomenon is considered to be one of the most significant symbols of Ottoman Empire culture. ... A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... 19th century print of Roma musicians Roma music is highly varied among the diverse communities of the Roma (aka Gypsies). ... Persian music is the music of Persia and Persian-speaking countries: musiqi, the science and art of music, and muzik, the sound and performance of music (Sakata 1983). ... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ... This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Pahlavi is a term that refers: (1) to a script used in Iran derived from the Aramaic script, and (2) more broadly, to Middle Persian, the Middle Iranian language written in this script. ...

The thumb roll

Spanish antique tambourine

By stroking a thumb (or sometimes a finger) across the head of a tambourine, a sustained roll may be produced. The thumb is often wet slightly by licking it to increase the friction immediately before performing a thumb roll. Although a shaken roll is often used for longer rolls, the thumb roll is particularly effective for shorter rolls. It can be sustained by moving the thumb in patterns such as figures-of-eight across the head. However, since the tension across the head varies, this requires the player to vary the pressure applied to the head as he moves his thumb. you can also see that it is made out of a shallow, handheld drum with a circular wooden frame, it has calf skin stretched over the top and metal discs that you can shake called jingles. Antique Tambourine Source: French Wikipedia fr:Image:Tambourin sxc hu600px. ... Antique Tambourine Source: French Wikipedia fr:Image:Tambourin sxc hu600px. ... The thumbs up gesture is a sign of approval in many cultures. ... Fingers of the human left hand The finger is any of the digits of the hand in humans and other species such as the great apes. ... This article is about the drum roll, a percussion technique. ... In physics, friction is the non-conservative resistive force that occurs when two surfaces travel along each other when forced together. ... In physics, tension is a force on a body directed to produce strain (extension); it can be considered to be negative compression. ...

See also

• Jingle stick
• bell tree

External Links

• Traditional tambourines from Carnival of Binche

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