adufe

plural adufes

1. A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.

   A feature of Beira Baixa music, and found elsewhere too, is the adufe.

   1999, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 227

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   [...] we can identify the following rhythmic sesquialtera pattern in the melody played on the violin and the adufe drum, which make the connection ...

   2005, Sergio Navarrete Pellicer, Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala with CD (Audio), Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 100

   The adufe is also found in Egypt. This double-headed square frame drum, which is roughly the same size as the tar, may have bells attached inside the drum for varying timbres.

   2012, Matt Dean, The Drum: A History, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 28