Spanish to English translation: What is a "pandereta" (musical instrument)?

Question

Spanish to English translation: What is a "pandereta" (musical instrument)?

Answer 1

"Pandereta" is commonly translated as "tambourine".

Answer 2

A pandereta is a handheld frame drum of Puerto Rican origin used in plena (a type of folk music native to the country).

Answer 3

"pandereta" : 'tambourine'

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pandereta

"pandereta", "pandero" : Puerto Rico : Handheld frame drum, used in "plena" (a folkloric genre native of Puerto Rico).

"panderos" : Dominican Republic : Small rural folk handheld frame drum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandereta

"Plena is a folkloric genre native of Puerto Rico. Its creation was influenced by African and Spanish music."

"The music's beat and rhythm are usually played using hand drums called "panderettas" or "panderos" or "pleneras" and are accompanied by a scrape gourd, guiro. Pleneras resemble tambourines but without the cymbals. These are handheld drums with stretched animal skins, usually goat skin, covering a round wooden frame. They are three different-sized panderettas used in plena: the Seguidor (the largest of the three), the Segundo (the medium-sized drum), sometimes called Banao or Punteador, and the Requinto (the smallest one). There is a disagreement on whether the panderetas typically used in Puerto Rico today are adapted from instruments known in Spain from the time of the Moors known as an "adufe", or from similar African instruments. An advantage of this percussion arrangement is its portability, contributing to the plena's spontaineous appearance at any social gathering. Other instruments commonly heard in plena music are the cuatro, the maracas, and accordions."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plena

Answer 4

musical instrument.. it's used by gitans and very popular in latin america and spain too..