timbrel

All last night you were absent from your post, passing the wine cup, striking the timbrel—what do I know or care?

The timbrel her father once gave her, on which she has often played to delight him, is tuned to a chant of triumph.

When they passed the Red Sea, Miriam and the maidens danced in chorus with singing and the beating of the timbrel (tambour).

It's a bit Biblical, and has a sort of 'sound the loud timbrel' flavor.