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.
A tambourin is a piece of music in imitation of a drum, coming from the French word "tambourin" meaning an old type of drum. They are usually in a lively duple meter and were often used as dances in the 18th-century. Many examples exist in the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau.
The French word tambourin, found in orchestral music such as Georges Bizet's L'Arlésienne Suite no. 2, refers to a long drum similar to the tenor drum, not a tambourine.
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