It is not compatible with waltzes if played the "normal" way! i.e. in Trad Irish Style! (shuffle shuffle... played with the "tipper style")

But THE PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT can be played as a medieval tambor, and then it works very well in other styles of music, including early music, which is what I bought it for originally! I haven't learnt the Irish style very well yet, I must admit.

If you also think "tambourine with rattly bits", you also get something quite different too. Although my research shows that some Irish instruments had rattly bits too...

Since it's a "frame drum", it works well in Arabian/Egytpian music too.

Robin