Percussion Lesson: A Modern Approach to the Tambourine

Percussionist, composer and music educator, David Alderdice, from Embodying Rhythm, shares a bunch of different approaches to playing the headed tambourine. This lesson comes as part of his efforts to provide some distance learning opportunities to his students as well as anyone who has an interest in tambourines.
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[@HeavenlyBridegroomMusic]

I've never seen a better demonstration! This man is awesome.

[@nuno7997]

This is gold. Made me buy a tambourine.

[@sid0946]

This video convinced me that I should choose tambourine as my first percussion instrument. Thank you

[@MariaB..]

This is AWESOME!!!!

[@Marilynschannel]

Really cool ! I am starting to play the tambourine at church . I try to go the drums most of the time , some times I hear the bass more and u go with that . But it’s cool to know all these technique . I am getting used to okaying the tambourine and sing at the same time . Not easy ! Slowly but surely singing and playing tambourine for Jesus !!!

[@viewhunter__]

Maestro! Gracias 👌🥁

[@UTU]

I watched like 10 videos, each about the same length as yours, and you combined ALL the techniques AND MORE in just one video. Thank you very much, this is a keeper.

[@HeavenlyBridegroomMusic]

It is for me too

[@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042]

Excellent video 😊

[@doughawkins7983]

Until today, I didn’t think I needed to add a tambourine, to my percussion repertoire. Thanks for the Inspiration. Great introduction to techniques and textures of the tambourine.

[@mscreativity365]

Thank you ole Guru of the Tambourine ❤🎉😊

[@KrishnaSharma-fm4hx]

This is the best Tambourine tutorial, you packed in so much and for different styles and preferences. Thank you sir!

[@joshcrumpton8890]

This man is a guru

[@aceofmen.]

THE £1 MILLION TAMBOURINE Of all the KZbin videos I've watched about Tambourine playing, ONLY THIS DUDE HAD THE PASSION and I FELT IT.... For me, THE MOST ENTERTAINING TAMBOURINE PLAYING TECHNIQUES VIDEO ON KZbin. Satisfies Beginners and Advanced players .. Think about it,... wad there ever a piece of music that didn't 'ZEST YOU UP' even after a bad day that did not feature the TAMBOURINE.

[@HeavenlyBridegroomMusic]

Oh it satisfies me to the core. Repeat!

[@TriniRoyQuiReyes]

👍👏👏👏👏♥️

[@LindaSmith-rp7yu]

Fantastic tutorial!

[@justiceantruth8862]

Wow. No idea that all that was possible with a tambourine. Very inspiring. Thank you.

[@TriniRoyQuiReyes]

I ve always loved the drums, when I was a little girl, my brother plays the drums during Sabbathdays and my dad too while my mum would play the other hand held instruments that are left. And I drumed a few times later in my teenage age. Since then I was facinated by tambourine, now I ve got one so I can't Thank you enough for making this video, because it's one of the most complete one that I' ve seen that incorporated lots of ways to play this awesome instrument. Btw you got a new friend 👍😀

[@BarbaraGail_drum_song_dance]

I love being a one girl band with my tambourine, and your video is so fun and inspiring! Thank you so much!

[@GeMojo-vn2rf]

Fifth and best one I've watched so far. Well done. The others were lame.

[@charleslucas1714]

Right on, way to put the play back into playing music!

[@crazyfingers2087]

Hey Mr. Tambourine Dave! I really like the thumb roll and moose call. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@blasterfictionproductions3703]

The best tutorial, thank you very much!

[@kanithafisher7057]

Oooooweee this is much harder than I thought😩😭😭

[@myrona.gilmorejr.]

These are really great insights

[@wwillddi]

awesome

[@BeastMasterNeil]

I am inspired! Thank you!!

[@wendycummings5474]

Wow! soo talented, thank you

[@lettyolivares5246]

Great ! Thank you so much. I wish I could have one like and start to learn playing tambourine.

[@waywardstar]

Great job, thank you so much for sharing this :)

[@rondoweiss]

You a a very interesting cool guy

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Yours sounds so much cooler than mine. Where yours goes bweamp. Mine just goes BUM. I heard this guy play one in this band and he was so good at it, it almost sounded like a whole drum set. I had to buy one. It's fun. I don't think I'll ever be as good as that guy but it's a very cool way to provide a little percusion to an acoustic type of jam situation. Another cool thing I like to do is to use a shaker in my right hand, use the tambourine in my left almost like a snare drum and with a good set of boots and a nice hardwood floor, that's like your kick drum. That way you can get more pop rock type of beats and it sounds pretty cool.

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

THE BUDDY RICH OF THE TAMBOURINE.

[@Caligari...]

Check out Blue Tambourine by GLEN VELEZ , master of the frame drum which includes the tambourine . Sly and his bandmates also got funky with the tambourine , as did Motown's Funk Brothers.

[@Kitty_L]

Love this.

[@HeavenlyBridegroomMusic]

Best demonstrations of tambourine playing ever. I didn't like the church women playing because it was all drums and lo jingle. Looking for that fresh motown sound.

[@claudiarebol747]

👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Priestesselosem]

Nice

[@varanmehrotra]

i need lessons

[@sunshinechildofgod2771]

What kind of tambourine is he playing in this video ?

[@lettyolivares5246]

I like that kind of tambourine , how much does it cost ?

[@MindfulChaos]

You could find one at music store for about 20-40 bucks

[@ruvimperna5532]

Alternative title: Homeless guy teaches epic tambourine playing

[@user-rr4rs3nt7y]

And I thought tambourines were boring !!🙂

[@panhandlingray]

Please teach us something about beats and measures. As a musician I want to pick up a new instrument and jam with my team. Play a song and not just hit the thing.

[@revkelly58]

That’s a frequent issue with a lot of ‘instructional videos’ . Put the notes into the context of a song or piece of music.

[@ruvimperna5532]

You can learn this stuff from basic music theory. He already gave good beat examples. His video was great he showed more than other videos, he did an amazing job. You can learn what your looking for from basic music theory, it's really not that hard bro . There are millions of videos on that