jingle
Illustration — Chinese harness jingle, 7th–6th century BC • Illustration — Tambourine disc jingle In percussion, a jingle is one of a cluster of small bells, shaken or tapped on the palm of the player's hand. The small metal discs arranged around the frame of a tambourine are also called "jingles". In the Hornbostel–Sachs instrument-classification system, they are described as "shaken idiophones".
jingle

Superbass · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Field
- musical instrument · rattle
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Chinese harness jingle, 7th–6th century BC • Illustration — Tambourine disc jingle In percussion, a jingle is one of a cluster of small bells, shaken or tapped on the palm of the player's hand. The small metal discs arranged around the frame of a tambourine are also called "jingles". In the Hornbostel–Sachs instrument-classification system, they are described as "shaken idiophones".
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for jingle. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
gnd · 4318403-0 · wikidata · Q6202344
In this article
Overview
Jingles were often found in ancient times as harness ornaments suspended from the trappings of horses, mules, and camels. That term is referenced in Bob Dylan's hit song, "Mr. It is an onomatopoeic term, often used together with jangle. An example of that usage is found in the Frank Loesser song "Jingle Jangle Jingle".
Le grelot de Collé.
P. D. · La Chanson française
Detall cascabells
Ball de Cossis
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4318403-0, Jingle.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6202344: jingle
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.drae Sonaja
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 4318403-0, Jingle.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- JinbeiOrganisation
- Jing erhuTerminology
- Jingai MakyōWork
- jinghuTerminology
- jingle bellTerminology
- JinxterWork
- jirbaTerminology
- Job SimulatorWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with jingle?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.