How to Make Tambourines

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Hi, I'm Aaron Bland on behalf of Expert Village and I want to introduce to you the tambourine. And this tambourine has a shallow frame and it's got two rows of zills, or jingles or jangles or little tiny cymbals, whatever you want to call them. They give you that jangly sound when it's played. This one's got a calfskin head stretched over the surface. You can also find these with plastic heads as well. And I've got a tambourine here without a head on it at all. It's just the jangles in two rows and it's got a handle right in the middle and these are becoming more and more popular. Just this design having the handle that comes up in the center for leverage. Your tambourine jingle is just a wrist twist away. And, because I like to show off my toys, I've also got a tambourine like this. Again, two rows of jingles. You can find tambourines with just one or three. I've seen a tambourine with five rows, kind of ridiculous, it's more of a drum at that point, because it defeats the purpose of having that shallow, real light frame. And this one actually is designed to be mounted on to a piece of hardware so it can be played without actually holding it. This will hold it into place. There's your basic tambourine construction and a couple of different designs.

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