Tambour (disambiguation)

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Tambour (French language: drum, from Arabic tunbur "lute, drum", Persian tabir "drum") can refer to:

In music

• Tambour, a long drum used in the Puerto Rican music
• Tambour, a snare drum used in the Galician music
• Tambour (guitar technique) (or tambora), in Flamenco and classical guitar
• Pandura, or tambour, an ancient Greek string instrument

Other uses

• Tambour, in classical architecture, the inverted bell of a Corinthian capital
• Tambour desk, a desk with desktop drawers and pigeonholes, resembling a bureau à gradin
• Tambour lace, a sewing technique made by stretching a fine net over a frame
• Tambour (company), an Israeli manufacturer of paint, coatings, and construction materials
• Tambour, a buttress-like feature on the hazard side of a real tennis court

See also

• Tambourine
• Tabor (instrument)
• Tambora (disambiguation)
• Tambor class submarine, an American Tambor Class submarine
• Jeffrey Tambor, actor