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Taleshi Tambourine: Taleshi Tambourine is one of the smallest stringed instruments is played in celebrations and evenings parites. Its connection with the tambourine has been proven.This type of tambourine is one of the instruments of the Talesh region that the musician can start playing with the help of a plectrum which is the fingers. Due to the mountainous nature of the western region of Gilan, the music of Gilan has been much less influenced by the music of other ethnic groups and has remained intact. History: In the book "Who Are Thaleshians?", There is a picture of a tambourine. According to research, the instrument is estimated to be 100 years old. Taleshi Tambourine is very similar to the ancient examples in Mesopotamia and in the joyous ceremonies, the musician sits on all fours in a ritual manner, which is like the musician of Iranian miniatures. Features characteristics’: The tambourine has a small reed bowl in the shape of a half-cut pear, which a wooden plate is placed on the opening of the bowl. The handle is almost long and attached to the bowl, which has frets. The tambourine has 3 or 4 chords, and it used to have two chords. The chords are wrapped around the corner on one side and the devilish grooves around the earphones at the end of the handle after passing through the vault. The tambourine does not have a box (tuning nest) and the earphone is inserted directly into the handle. The bowl and handle are made of damp wood such as mulberry, maple, oak, and while. the wooden plate and vault are made of walnut and mulberry wood. The part of the earphone is made of free and moist maple and oak wood. The frets are made of string, silk and nylon wire, which is mostly nylon is used today. The chords are also made of steel wire, which has long been used instead of steel wire. The plectrum is also made of cherry or hornbeam bark. Finger boards: nine frets are tied on the tambourine, four of them use permanentlt and the fifth fret is used for pointing. It is likely that in ancient times all frets were used. Performance technique: Playing a Taleshi tambourine could be with the help of a hand or use of plectrum. Single left and right plectrum, rapid repetition of rhythmic-metric form which is performed with the right hand, along with leaning and transverse vibration and clawing are the techniques of the musician's left hand. Tambourine tune- up: Has a different tune for performing Turkish and Talashi music. musicians: The late Saleh Bidari Bahman Kazemi builders: Saleh Bidari
