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The tambourine’s jingles-plates are idiophones struck in an indirect way.

Description of the instrument

They are circular metal sheets. They have a hole in the center and are attached with a nail in couples in the wooden ring of the tambourine.

Way of playing

When the tambourine is played, the jingles collide with each other, producing a loud peal.

History

Since the tambourine is predominantly a membranophone, we will compile general information about it in that section. But since the attached metallic pieces are idiophones, we will also mention them here.

For many people, the peculiar sound of the tambourine jingles has given the onomatopoeic of trikitixa to the well-known group of popular dances and the pseudo-diatonic accordion popularized in the Basque Country. In this regard, Father Donostia (1952) wrote:

"It is also used in some part of Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa in the ‘trikitixas’, songs with live air, sung, improvised by a woman who is accompanied by an accordion sometimes, other times by an albogue." (p.273)

SOURCES

Bibliography

DONOSTIA, Aita. (1952). Instrumentos Musicales Populares Vascos. Obras Completas del P. Donostia. (Tomo II, 257-309). Bilbao: Ed. La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, 1983.

Discography

ALDEITURRIAGA, Maurizia. (1979). LEON, MAURIZIA, FAXIO. Alboka eta trikitixa. Xoxoa. X-11.115.

BELTRAN ARGIÑENA, Juan Mari. (2017). Soinu-tresnak Euskal Herri Musikan. 1985-2010. Elkar-Soinuenea Fundazioa. KD DVD-E 968.

Filmography

BELTRAN ARGIÑENA, Juan Mari. (2017). Soinu-tresnak Euskal Herri Musikan. 1985-2010. Elkar-Soinuenea Fundazioa. KD DVD-E 968.

LARRUKERT, Fernando. (1978). Euskal herri-musika. Euskadiko Filmategia.