The Pandeiro!

The Pandeiro it is originally from Arabia. It came to Europe in the times of the Crusades, known in English as tambourine. It suffered different local adaptations, depending on the place and people that used it; some are more square or round, some are made out of wood and other have metal, etc.

The Pandeiro, which is the Brazilian version of the tambourine, was developed for the Choro and Samba during the 20th century, and it was handmade. But the luthier that created the Pandeiro as we know it today was Miguel Fasanelli.

The technique developed on Brazil for the execution of the Pandeiro it is by far one of the best examples on how an instrument can be completely adopted by a foreign culture, bringing an endless number of new and wonderful different characteristics on the performance, technique and confection.