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Tambourin

French tenor drum.

Tambourin
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About Tambourin

The tambourin (Occitan: tamborin) is a low-pitched tenor drum of the French region of Provence, which has also lent its name to a Provençal dance accompanied by lively duple meter music. The dance is so named because the music imitates the drum (tambour being a generic French term for "drum"), usually as a repetitive not-very-melodic figure in the bass.

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