Pandeiro in parts of Galicia and Portugal to describe the square-shaped drum, while the round drum with jingles is known as "Pandeira" in Galicia. Some of the best-known pandeiro players today are Paulinho da Costa, Nanny Assis, Airto Moreira, Marcos Suzano, Cyro Baptista, Zé Maurício, and Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro. Another notable pandeiro player was Milt Holland, a Los Angeles-based studio percussionist and drummer who travelled the world extensively to collect and study various ethnical percussion. Artists such as Stanton Moore use it non-traditionally by tuning it low to sound like a bass drum with jingles, mounting it on a stand
Pandeiro one can run a finger along the head to produce a roll. The Pandeiro is used in a number of Brazilian music forms, such as samba, choro, coco, and capoeira music. The Brazilian Pandeiro derives from the pandeireta or pandereta of Spain and Portugal. The term "Pandeiro" was previously used to describe a square double-skinned frame drum, often with a bell inside; such an instrument is now known by the term "adufe" in Spain and Portugal. It is derived from an earlier Arabic or Moorish instrument still found in North Africa. The term "pandeiro" ("pandero" in Asturian) is still used