Tambourin
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This article is about the musical form and the old French drum, both called the tambourin. For the percussion instrument with a similar name in English, see Tambourine. For the court game, see Tamburello.
The tambourin is a low-pitched tenor drum of Provence, which has also lent its name to a Provençal dance accompanied by lively duple meter music.[1] 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.