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