Tambourine

The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all. Tambourines are often used with regular percussion sets. They can be mounted, but position is largely down to preference.

Tambourines come in many shapes with the most common being circular. It is found in many forms of music: Turkish folk music, Greek folk music, Italian folk music, classical music, Persian music, gospel music, pop music and rock music.

History

Tambourines originated in Rome, Greece, Mesopotamia, The Middle East, and India, in which the instrument was mainly used in religious contexts.

The word tambourine finds its origins in French tambourin, which referred to a long narrow drum used in Provence, the word being a diminutive of tambour "drum," altered by influence of Arabic tunbur "drum". from the Middle Persian word tambūr "lute, drum".

Tambourine (album)

Tambourine is the second album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was released in 2004 by Lost Highway Records, and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album.

Track list

All tracks written by Tift Merritt unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

Tambourine (band)

Tambourine was a short-lived, 1960s revival, Dutch pop band formed in 1987. The Main bandmembers were: Jac Bico (guitar), Bart van Poppel (bass) and Saskia van Oerle (vocals).

Although they only released two albums they gained moderate success in Europe. Their greatest hit was "High Under The Moon" that got to #21 in the Dutch charts, remaining there for 11 weeks as well as making the Swedish and Belgium Top 40. The Summer Of Love was released as the first single and it reached the 13th position in the Dutch tipparade on September 24, 1988.

Saskia van Oerle was also a background vocalist with the Dutch singer Rob de Nijs. She released a solo album as Van Orly in 2003 called "Somebody Hold Me" of which the single "Calling Out" drew some attention.

They disbanded in 1992.

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