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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 388 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAMBOURINE (Fr.
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tambour de Basque; Ger. baskische Trommel, Tambourin, or Schellen-trommel)  , a popular
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instrument of percussion of indefinite musical
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pitch, used for marking the
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rhythm in
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dance or bacchanalian
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music . The
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tambourine consists of a
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flat wooden or
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metal
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ring, over one end of which is stretched a
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parchment or vellum
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head; in the circumference of the ring are fixed nine or ten metal disks or small bells which jingle as the tambourine is struck by the
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hand, or merely waved through the
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air . A tremolo effect is obtained by stroking the head with the
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finger-tips . In a 14th-
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century MS . (Brit .
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Mus .
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Sloane 3983, fol . 13) a tambourine of
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modern
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appearance with a snare bears the inscription " Tympanum." The tambourine is of the highest antiquity, and was known at different times under the names of
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timbrel or tabret,
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tympanon or tympanum, and
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symphonia . (K .

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