The Morris Ring

Quite apart from its use as a Morris dance instrument, the pipe and tabor is found across Europe. Particular examples are from Spain (Catalonia and Basques), from Portugal, and from France.

Introduction

• The Taborers Society
• THE PIPE AND TABOR: An Address to a Society of Morris Dancers, Oxford, February 12, 1914 by Sir Francis Darwin (Son of Sir Charles Darwin)
• Iowa State University: Pipe and Tabor
• How to practice .... Observer magazine Oct 15 2006

From around the world

England

• Listen to recordings of Cecil Sharp's daughter,  Joan Sharp playing pipe and tabor.

The Catalan Fabiol

• Festa del fabiol - 2006: Massed pipes on YouTube

From Juanma Sanchez - Madrid

• Spanish and Portugese pipe (gaitas) and tabor.
  In particular listen to the music in the sections 'Repetorio midi' and 'Ficheros mp3'.

Basques

• See videos with music on the Basque "Bizkai" site. Not all of these are pipe/drum, but see
  "Berrizko Dantzari-dantza" and the other six "Berrizko ..."s at the bottom of the page.

France

• See: Le Tambourinaire and Académie du Tambourin, le galoubet tambourin
• Two examples of the French instruments from YouTube
• The French pipe is "Le Galoubet": 
   

• Spectacle de musique et danse provençal: