Note to The Tempest, 3.2.124 "tabor and pipe"


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man playing pipe and tabor
     From Wikipedia: Pipe and Tabor:
"Pipe and tabor is a pair of instruments played by a single player, consisting of a three-hole pipe played with one hand, and a small drum played with the other."

"It was used for dancing (for all classes of society), ceremonies and processions, folk customs and street entertainment."

"In the plays of Shakespeare's time clowns performed between acts, often dancing to the music of pipe and tabor."