The Galician tambourine[1] or Pandeireta Galega is a percussion instrument consisting of a wooden hoop that incorporates several metal rattles (ferreñas), whose hollow central part is covered by a skin stretched (usually rabbit or pig). The metal rattles that wave between them make the sound as well as the beating on the leather.
The bigger the tambourine (which depends on the amount of rattles) the deeper the sound. The ferreñas may be arranged in parallel pairs or in line.
The pandeireta is an instrument with its own identity within the traditional Galician music, as it is very common to find groups of pandeireteiras, only using this instrument and voice.