Section III., about Autolycus) a tiny whistle with only three holes. The two were played simultaneously by one person.
Much Ado 23, 13. Benedick, of Claudio in love.
| Ben. | I have known, when there was no music with him but the drum and the fife; and now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe: … but till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace. Rich she shall be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; … of good discourse, an excellent musician, and her hair shall be of what colour it please God. |
Besides these more civilised 'pipes,' the countryman's pipe of corn-stalk is mentioned by Titania, in Mids. II. ii. 8. This was really a 'reed,' not a whistle of any kind.
The tabor leads one on to the Tabourine, which was the full-sized military drum, corresponding to the modern side-drum. See Troil. 45, 275. 'Beat loud the tabourines,' and Antony 48, 37, 'our rattling tabourines.'
The drum supplied the great proportion of military music in those days, besides having its importance as a means of signalling orders to the troops. This is dealt with more fully in the chapter on Stage Directions.
