Tabor (instrument)

Tabor
	Pipe and tabor player, c. 1325–1335
Classification	Unpitched percussion instrument
Related instruments
	Pipe and tabor; Snare drum; Fife and drum;

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" (formerly sometimes spelt "taber") is an English variant of the Persian word tabīr, meaning "drum"^[1]^[2]—cf. Catalan: tambor, French: tambour, Italian: tamburo^[3] Militaries may use the tabor as a marching instrument; it can accompany parades and processions.

^ "Tabor". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
^ "tabor (n.)". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
^ Harms Historical Percussion's Tabor page.

[1] "Tabor". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-04-05.

[2] "tabor (n.)". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.

[Harms-3] Harms Historical Percussion's Tabor page.

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