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Tabor (instrument)
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Tabor, or tabret, refers to a portable snare drum
played with one hand. The word "tabor" is simply an English variant of a Latin-derived word meaning "drum" - cf. tambour (Fr.), tamburo (It.). It has been used in the military as a marching instrument, and has been used as accompaniment in parades and processions.
A tabor has a cylindrical wood shell, two skin heads tightened by rope tension, a leather strap, and an adjustable gut snare. Each tabor has a pitch range of about an octave: the larger the tabor, the lower the pitch. It is played by just one stick, which usually strikes the snare head. The tabor is suspended by a strap from the forearm, somewhere between the elbow and wrist. When played, the shell is virtually parallel with the ground.
The tabor is most widely known as accompaniment for the pipe
and other small flute
s, and most famously as the percussive element in the "pipe and tabor
" one man band configuration. Photos of this can be seen at Harms Historical Percussion's Tabor page. The tabor is beaten on the snare side.
In Spain, a deep drum is used for a tabor by pipe and taborers, and in England a shallow tom tom
is sometimes used, although medieval icons of pipe and tabor usually display a large shallow tabor similar in shape to a Bodhrán
.
Snare drum
The snare drum or side drum is a melodic percussion instrument with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom...
played with one hand. The word "tabor" is simply an English variant of a Latin-derived word meaning "drum" - cf. tambour (Fr.), tamburo (It.). It has been used in the military as a marching instrument, and has been used as accompaniment in parades and processions.
A tabor has a cylindrical wood shell, two skin heads tightened by rope tension, a leather strap, and an adjustable gut snare. Each tabor has a pitch range of about an octave: the larger the tabor, the lower the pitch. It is played by just one stick, which usually strikes the snare head. The tabor is suspended by a strap from the forearm, somewhere between the elbow and wrist. When played, the shell is virtually parallel with the ground.
The tabor is most widely known as accompaniment for the pipe
Three-hole pipe
The three-hole pipe, also commonly known as Tabor pipe is a wind instrument designed to be played by one hand, leaving the other hand free to play a tabor drum, bell, psalterium or tambourin à cordes, bones, triangle or other percussive instrument....
and other small flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
s, and most famously as the percussive element in the "pipe and tabor
Pipe and Tabor
Pipe and tabor is a pair of instruments played by a single player, consisting of a three-hole pipe played with one hand, and a small drum played with the other...
" one man band configuration. Photos of this can be seen at Harms Historical Percussion's Tabor page. The tabor is beaten on the snare side.
In Spain, a deep drum is used for a tabor by pipe and taborers, and in England a shallow tom tom
Tom tom
Tom tom and similar names may refer to:In music:* Tom Tom , 2010 alternative rock song* Tom-tom drum, a cylindrical drum with no snare* Tom Tom Club, a New Wave band** Tom Tom Club, an album by Tom Tom Club...
is sometimes used, although medieval icons of pipe and tabor usually display a large shallow tabor similar in shape to a Bodhrán
Bodhrán
The bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...
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