| A member of the percussion family, tambourines | | | | the construction of the instrument, but the basics |
| historically have been made by mounting a single | | | | remain generally the same. For example, the |
| drum head (often of thin animal hide) onto a ring | | | | tambourine is related closely to the Riq used in |
| that has pairs of metal jingles laced around the | | | | countries including Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and other |
| drum sides. It should be noted, however, that not | | | | Arab countries. In Russia, the Ukraine, Slovia, |
| all tambourines use a drum head of leather or | | | | Czechoslovakia, and Poland, it is referred to as a |
| animal hide. In some instances, there are jingles | | | | Buben. In the Balkans, Persia and Central Asian |
| strung across the center of the tambourine | | | | countries, the instrument is referred to as a |
| frame instead. The instrument was then used by | | | | Dajre. In South Indian societies the instrument is |
| either striking the drum head, shaking the jingles, | | | | referred to as a Kanjira. All are equally accepted |
| or banging the instrument against a part of the | | | | as an acoustic percussion instrument which has |
| body to get both a drum tone and jingles | | | | the primary use of maintaining rhythm and timbre |
| simultaneous.Historically the tambourine has been | | | | within the musical piece during which it is being |
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