Word entry Sonny's Blues

1. "they sang, and the sister with the tambourine kept a steady jangling beat." (78)
2. My guess: a steady and consistent rhythm, a sound that is rhythmic with a steady beat and no obscurities.
3. Definition: verb when used with an object it means to make harsh, discordant, usually metallic sound
4. Since the girl was using a metallic object, tambourine, the sound it played would be described as jangling. Using the word jangling describes the harshness and severity of the tambourine as the girl depicted in this scene is playing it. This explains that the sound all though it was a steady beat the nature of it just being a metallic object made it harsh.