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Concept
Tambourine
Summary
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 (and played with drum sticks), 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, Asturian traditional music, Persian music, samba, gospel music, pop music, country music, and rock music.
The origin of the tambourine is unknown, but it appears in historical writings as early as 1700 BC and was used by ancient musicians in West Africa, the Middle East, Greece and India. The tambourine passed to Europe by way of merchants or musicians. Tambourines were used in ancient Egypt, where they were known as the tof to the Hebrews, in which the instrument was mainly used in religious contexts. The word tambourine finds its origins in French tambourin, which referred to a long narrow drum used in Provence, the word being a diminutive of tambour "drum," altered by influence of Arabic tunbur "drum". from the Middle Persian word tambūr "lute, drum".
File:Burgas-Archeology-museum-Red-figure-pottery.jpg|Ancient Greek [[red-figure pottery]] depicting a girl playing the tambourine. [[Bourgas]] Archaeology Museum.
File:Woman mirror tambourine MBA Lyon L631.jpg|Woman holding a mirror and a tambourine facing a winged genie with a ribbon and a branch with leaves. [[Ancient Greek]] [[Red-figure pottery|red-figure]] [[oinochoe]], ca. 320 BC, from [[Magna Graecia]]. (Notice the coloured decorative woven stripes hanging on the tambourine, which can still be seen today on "tamburello", the tambourine of Southern Italy.
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