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.

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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