What is a Pandeiro? | A Complete Guide (History, Cost, Lessons)

What is a Pandeiro? | A Complete Guide (History, Cost, Lessons)

If you are like me you may already have been playing tambourine and noticed either the sound of the pandeiro or someone playing what you thought was a tambourine before realizing it was quite a different percussion instrument. What is a Pandeiro? – A Pandeiro is a percussion instrument in the Frame Drum class. Cylindrical…

Tambourine vs. Pandeiro (Comparison) A Pandeiro is NOT a Tambourine!
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Tambourine vs. Pandeiro (Comparison) A Pandeiro is NOT a Tambourine!

For someone just discovering Tambourine, it may be that you are doing so after seeing someone playing a Pandeiro. If you are just discovering Pandeiro than almost certainly the latter is true. They are very similar in look and for the uninitiated, it’s a very easy and forgivable mistake, but the two are very different….