Relax, it is a rather unusual request. I can understand why he thought it might be a joke.
I don't think it's a joke, though. If you really love tambourine, you might consider some middle eastern music. I can't think of any particular recording that features one off hand, but my eyes were opened to the possibilities fo this as a real instrument (as opposed to the thing Susan Dey banged on her thigh while singing Partridge Family songs)last summer when I heard someone playing one in person. She had a wide variety of techniques for striking and muting the frame and bangles to produce intricate rhyhtms. In Arabic music, the tambourine is called a Riq. If I come up with any particular recordings, I'll post.
I don't think it's a joke, though. If you really love tambourine, you might consider some middle eastern music. I can't think of any particular recording that features one off hand, but my eyes were opened to the possibilities fo this as a real instrument (as opposed to the thing Susan Dey banged on her thigh while singing Partridge Family songs)last summer when I heard someone playing one in person. She had a wide variety of techniques for striking and muting the frame and bangles to produce intricate rhyhtms. In Arabic music, the tambourine is called a Riq. If I come up with any particular recordings, I'll post.
