tambourine

Everyday

A tambourine is a musical instrument like a small round frame or hand drum with little metal discs (jingles) round the edge that jingle when you shake or hit it. tree →

In the lessons

In music lessons, tambourines are percussion instruments children shake and tap to keep the beat. They are used in school bands, folk music, church and gospel music and pop songs. Phrases: «shake a tambourine», «tap the tambourine», «play the tambourine».

Examples

• I played the tambourine in the school concert. tree →
• Shake the tambourine on every beat. tree →
• The tambourine jingled when she hit it with her hand. tree →
• Our music box has drums, shakers and tambourines. tree →
• The band's singer danced with a tambourine. tree →
• Tap the tambourine softly, then shake it loudly. tree →
• One day, when the tailor was hard at work, a little hunchback came and sat at the entrance of the shop, and began to sing and play his tambourine. tree →

Note

Countable. A percussion instrument (you hit or shake it). Spelling: tam-bou-rine.