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Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0The 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.
01 · What it is
MusicVocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
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03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Common Questions Answered on Record
What is tambourin in plain words?
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.
Where is tambourin practised or documented?
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What is the current condition of tambourin today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceThe 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.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Tambourin (dance)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
tambourin is Provençal dance accompanied by lively duple meter music, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
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