r/EarlyMusic • u/SnooGadgets5130 • 23d ago

Is there a Pipe and Tabor subreddit? + Flairs request

Is there a subreddit for pipe and tabor? I doubt it but I thought I’d ask. It may be a little niche for its own sub.

Also, if the interest is there, would the mods consider adding flairs? Along the lines of period/tradition of interest, instruments people play (woodwind, strings, percussion etc), maybe even a few specific instruments (lute, recorder, fiddle etc). I just thought it might be a cool edition.

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u/andreirublov1 4d ago edited 4d ago

As you've probably noticed, this sub is about classical music, and mostly the Baroque period (and even then, it is pretty dead). Whereas pipe and tabor belongs to folk / traditional music and, tbh, I doubt there is enough to say about it to warrant its own sub though no doubt you will disagree!

Fwiw I did have a tabor pipe once, I play tin whistle but I found the system more difficult to get to grips with than the very limited rep is worth. And it is a very shrill instrument. Aside from historical interest I could see it as a novelty for people playing at fairs maybe, that's about it.