Tabor (instrument)
A tabor, tabour, tabret (Welsh: Tabwrdd), tambour de Provence, Provençal tambourin or Catalan tamborí is a portable snare drum, typically played either with one hand or with two drumsticks. The word "tabor" is simply an English variant of a Arabic-derived word meaning "drum"—cf. Catalan: tambor, French: tambour, Italian: tamburo Militaries may use the tabor as a marching instrument; it can accompany parades and processions.
Pipe and tabor player, c. 1325–1335 | |
| Classification | Unpitched percussion instrument |
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