Tamborim
Tamborims are used in many styles of Brazilian music, including samba (in a bateria or samba school), pagode, choro, MBP, jazz, and more.
Tamborims with plastic head are best for louder use with a wood or plastic stick. Tamborims with a skin head are great for lower volume playing for choro, pagode, and jazz styles with wood sticks or brushes, or even with hands.
6″ is the standard diameter. Shells are metal or wood, with a depth of 1 3/4″ to 2 1/8″. Shallower depth can be lighter. Deeper drums have a tone that projects more, and are ofter used for louder playing. Depending on your grip, you may prefer a certain depth.
Flexible plastic sticks for tamborim are available here.
For a lesson on tamborim technique in a samba bateria, visit: carldixondrums.com/carreterio
Carl’s recommendations:
Loud Rio-style bateria playing: Ivsom and Thalia Santos steel, Contemporanea aluminum
Lighter weight Rio-Style bateria playing: O Profissional aluminum
Choro: O Profissional wood with skin head
All around: Contemporanea, Gope, Timbra, and Izzo aluminum
Pagode: O Profissional and Timbra wood with nylon head
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Ivsom Tamborim, Aluminum
- $65.00
- Ivsom tamborim 6″ aluminum shell nylon head six lugs
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O Profissional Wood Tamborim with skin head
- $60.00 – $65.00
- O Profissional tamborim 6″ wood shell Skin head with great texture for playing with brushes or fingers 6 lug and 10 lug models available 6 lug models are lighter. 10 lug models offer finer tuning. Case recommended to protect the head while in storage and transport.
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O Profissional Aluminum Tamborim
- $50.00
- O Profissional tamborim 6″ aluminum shell nylon head six lugs
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O Profissional Wood Tamborim with Brazil head
- $55.00
- O Profissional tamborim 6″ wood shell painted white Special Brazil flag nylon head six lugs
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Gope Aluminum Tamborim
- $50.00 – $60.00
- Gope tamborim 6″ aluminum shell nylon head six lugs Great all around tamborim for playing with a baguette or a wood stick. Lightweight and low profile tuning lugs make it a good tamborim to learn the carreteiro rhythm on.
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O Profissional 1/4″ Tuning key for Pandeiro and Tamborim
- $3.00
- 1/4" tuning key on key ring For tuning pandeiros or tamborims Made by O Profissional
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Ivsom Tamborim, Steel
- $75.00
- Ivsom Tamborim 6″ Steel shell Nylon head Six lugs Excellent tamborim for bateria playing. Deep shell is very loud with good tone, while still being relatively lightweight.
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Izzo Aluminum Tamborim
- $50.00
- Izzo tamborim 6″ aluminum shell nylon head six lugs
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Timbra Tamborim, Wood
- $60.00 – $65.00
- Timbra tamborim 6″ wood shell Ten tuning lugs Nylon head
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Timbra Tamborim, Aluminum
- $50.00
- Timbra Tamborim 6″ Aluminum shell Six tuning lugs Nylon head
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Contemporanea Aluminum Tamborim
- $99.00
- Contemporanea tamborim 6″ aluminum shell nylon head eight lugs
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Contemporanea Tamborim Light
- $79.00
- Contemporanea Tamborim Light Red PVC shell Nice for pagode.
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