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Discover how to transform your tambourine playing with a fusion of techniques from the Arabic riq, Brazilian pandeiro, and Southern Italian

One simple yet highly effective tool for improving finger rolls is tambourine wax.

Single row tambourines bring unique advantages to the percussionist’s toolkit.

Experimenting with different materials and approaches can make your practice sessions more dynamic, fun, and, most importantly, effective.

Josh Jones will be sharing tips for playing the tambourine, covering hand positioning to striking techniques and roll execution.

Norman Weinberg explores the art of selecting percussion instruments, emphasizing the importance of cultivating an ear for sound variety.

Learning how to change a tambourine head might seem like a daunting task, but this guide will show you how in simple easy to follow steps.

Keith Aleo demonstrates 3 types of strokes that can be played with one hand on the tambourine. These are often used for passages that are...

The Session Plus Tambourine effortlessly adapts to both classic and contemporary musical settings.

Dance #8 in Polovtsian Dances features some interesting tambourine techniques. We'll show you how to play them!

Black Swamp Artist, Paolo Cimmino, demonstrates how to play several tambourine techniques for Capriccio Espagnole by Rimsky Korsakov.

Our Leggiero tambourine model LGTC2 speaks clearly and softly, performing delicate musical passages with ease and confidence.

The SoundArt TC1 tambourine is Black Swamp Percussion’s most versatile, popular, and widely trusted model, offering a powerful range of soun

Black Swamp Percussion makes a lot of different models of tambourines, so we have put together a little guide to help you make the right dec