Three-hole pipe
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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, bell, psalterium, bones, triangle or other percussive instrument.
The three-hole pipe's origins are not known, but it dates back at least to the 11th Century. [1]
It was popular from an early date in France, the Iberian Peninsula and Great Britain and remains in use there today. [2]
The most common form of tabor pipe in the Basque region is tuned ]tone, semitone, tone. The most common form in Provence is tuned tone, tone, tone. The English tabor pipe is commonly tuned tone, tone, semitone, and corresponds to the three lowest holes of a tinwhistle. [3]
See also
External links
- The Taborers' Society
- A Plain and Easy Introduction to the English Pipe and Tabor
- Address to a Society of Morris Dancers, 1914 by Sir Francis Darwin
References
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