Pipe and tabor

Pipe and tabor ensemble consisting of a 3-holed pipe accompanied by a small drum, both played simultaneously by one performer; it first appeared in S. France and N. Spain in the 12th c. and is still played there today. During the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance it seems to have been known to most of W. Europe. Its chief function was to accompany dances, and in England the so-called *whittle and dub accompanied morris dances until the late 19th c. In France the tabor is now usually replaced…