Percussion

Tambourine

SKU: TAMB
$12.00

Lightweight tambourine with bright metal jingles and a comfortable grip — a percussive voice used in ritual and ensemble music across millennia.

Specifications

Dimensions9" × 9" × 1"
Weight0 lbs
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About This Instrument

The tambourine appears in the iconography of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East — a frame drum with jingles whose bright, cascading shimmer has accompanied dance, ceremony, and devotional music for thousands of years. This version is built for practical durability, with an ergonomic frame and multiple jingles that produce a full, resonant sound. Light enough to play indefinitely, it brings an immediate rhythmic vitality to any musical gathering, sound circle, or ritual practice.

Harmonic Philosophy

Frame drums are among humanity's oldest instruments, their circular form reflecting the cyclical nature of time and the cosmic wheel. The tambourine adds metallic jingles whose high-frequency shimmer cuts through lower-frequency sound like light through shadow.

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