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tambourine

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A percussion instrument consisting of a shallow wooden ring across which often is stretched a membrane. In the wooden ring are suspended several metal disks which jingle when the instrument is struck.


Example


Benjamin Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra




Ottorino Respighi: La boutique fantasque (on themes of Rossini), "Tarantella"


Reinhold Glière: The Red Poppy, "Russian Sailor's Dance"


Camille Saint-Säens: Samson and Delilah, "Bacchanale"


Traditional Spanish villancico: Ríu, ríu, chíu



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Last Updated: 2016-05-06 21:51:20