tambourines
Handheld jingling circles
Tambourines are shallow drums with metal discs set into the rim that jingle when struck or shaken.
A staple of folk music, gospel, and rock, the tambourine requires no training—you shake it, slap it against your palm, or strike it with your hand.
She grabbed a tambourine and joined the chorus.
Brief advertising melodies
- frame drumShallow drum, single head
- dafTalmudic page, both sides
- bodhranIrish goatskin drum
- shakerVessel for mixing drinks
maracas · castanets · bells · triangle · cabasa · hand percussion · membrane · drumhead
jingles
Brief advertising melodies
- frame drumShallow drum, single head
- dafTalmudic page, both sides
- bodhranIrish goatskin drum
shaker · maracas · castanets · bells · triangle · cabasa · hand percussion · membrane · drumhead · shell
gospel
Sacred choral tradition
samba · dance · rock · pop · praise · carnival · busking · accompaniment · ensemble · band
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
syncopation · backbeat · accent · pulse · tempo · meter · cadence · pattern · fill · downbeat
- percussionbass drum, bongos, cajon, drum, congas
- fan gearjerseys, foam fingers, pennants, pom poms, pompoms
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- kids musicsinging, songs, lullabies, nursery rhymes, alphabet songs
- music roompiano, music stand, sheet music, music stands, keyboard
- Salvation Armyred kettles, bell ringers, thrift stores, Salvationist, kettles
tambourinestimpani
Tunable orchestral percussion
snare drums · bass drums · xylophones · drum kits · marching drums
tambourinesviolins
Bowed stringed instruments
cellos · pipe organs · bagpipes · tubas · synthesizers
tambourinesbass drums
Largest orchestral percussion
tubas · double basses · timpani · bass guitars · contrabassoons