{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}[[Image:Rhythm_Tech_tambourine.jpg|thumb|Rhythm Tech headless tambourine]] thumb|The sound of a headless tambourine. The '''headless tambourine''' differs from the standard tambourine by not having a drumhead. It is called "headless" because it lacks the drumhead, that is, the skin stretched over one side of the ring in a traditional tambourine.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cotton |first=Maggie |url=https://archive.org/details/agogobellstoxylo0000cott/page/12/mode/2up?q=%22headless+tambourine%22 |title=Agogo bells to xylophone: A friendly guide to classroom percussion instruments |date=1996 |publisher=A & C Black |isbn=9780713643145 |location=London |pages=12}}</ref> It produces a rhythmic jingling sound or a shake roll.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blatter |first=Alfred |url=https://archive.org/details/instrumentationo0000blat_u5w6/page/226/mode/2up?q=%22headless+tambourine%22 |title=Instrumentation and orchestration |date=1997 |publisher=Schirmer Books |isbn=9780028645704 |location=New York |pages=226}}</ref>
Jazz, pop and rock drummers sometimes mount a headless tambourine in the drum kit.
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