tambour

Definitions of tambour
  1. noun
    someone who plays a drum
    synonyms: batteur
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    types:
    timbalier
    a person who plays the kettledrums
    type of:
    percussionniste
    a musician who plays percussion instruments
  2. noun
    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
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    grosse caisse
    a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
    bongo
    a small drum; played with the hands
    caisse claire
    a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
    tambourin
    a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
    tam-tam
    any of various drums with small heads
    timbale
    small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
    type of:
    instrument à percussion, percussions
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
  3. noun
    a drum
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