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The word "tabor" (formerly sometimes spelt "taber") is an English variant of the Persian word tabīr, meaning "drum" [1] [2] —cf. Catalan: tambor, French: tambour, Italian: tamburo [3] Militaries may use the tabor as a marching instrument; it can accompany parades and processions.
A demo of tabla playing. A tabla [nb 1] is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent.Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, [3] where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments and vocals, or as a part of larger ensembles.
The three-hole pipe, also commonly known as tabor pipe or galoubet, 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. The three-hole pipe's origins are not known, but it dates back at least to the 12th ...
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. The tabor hangs on the performer's left arm or around the neck, leaving the hands free to beat the drum with a stick in the right hand and play the pipe with thumb and first two fingers of the left hand.
A deep, two-headed drum of Arabic origin, called the tambourin [de Provence], is mentioned as early as the 1080s and noted as the "tabor" in the Chanson de Roland.This type of instrument, commonly found in the Provence region of France, is played by a musician who wears the drum on a strap hanging from the player's left arm and elbow.
The snare drum originates from the tabor, a drum first used to accompany the flute. The tabor evolved into more modern versions, such as the kit snare (the type usually included in a drum kit), marching snare, tarol snare, and piccolo snare. [1] Each type is a different size, and there are different playing styles associated with each of them.
Researcher Violet Alford said that it was a mistake to include the stringed drum under the name of psalterium, the Latin name of a strummed or plucked instrument. [ 2 ] Curt Sachs described the Tambourine de Béarn as being from South France, a "longitudinal zither with thick gut strings tune to tonic and dominant."
Chennakeshava Temple, 12th century A.D. Goddess playing an hourglass drum, possibly an udukai. Chande; Davul; Kachhi Dhol; Nagara – pair of kettledrums; Pambai – unit of two cylindrical drums; Parai thappu, halgi – frame drum played with two sticks; Sambal; Stick daff or stick duff – daff in a stand played with sticks; Tamak' Tasha ...