Meaning & use
Tabor
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A small drum, traditionally played with one hand while the other hand plays a pipe, used to accompany dancing in medieval and folk music.
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The minstrel played a merry tune on the pipe while beating the tabor.
Folk dancers moved to the rhythm of the tabor and fife.
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The pairing of pipe and tabor, played simultaneously by one musician, was especially popular in medieval and Renaissance Europe.
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