The Compleat Taborer
Compiled & edited by Mr. Walden.
The tabor is the drum and the pipe is the wind instrument accompanying it. Scroll to the bottom for instructions.
The tunes to the right are old Morris dance tunes and early music tunes. The conventional notation is given, along with the fingerings for the pipe. There is also a MIDI file, in most cases, so you can listen to the tune. In the dance tunes, the A part is usually to be repeated a couple of times and then the B part is repeated a couple of times in response. | Morris TunesOld Woman Tossed Up In a Blanket Renaissance MusicCherokee Traditional Music |
Here's how to play the pipe...
The numbers indicate how much force
is to be used when blowing a note. Filled-in holes represent holes
covered by the fingers, and empty circles represent uncovered holes.
The pipe is held in the unfavored hand (a right-handed player pipes
with the left hand and beats the drum with the right). The little
finger and ring finger grip the pipe, while the middle finger and index
finger cover the two front holes. The thumb covers the hole on the
back. In this way, the pipe is always held firmly by the two bottom
fingers, so that it doesn't fall.
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