The Taborers Session – Pipe and Tabor

A monthly online session for TTS Members to get together, chat and play. It’s holiday season, it’s very hot and the upshot is……. there will be no Zoom session for taborers the 14th August. The next one will be on Sunday 11th September from 4 – 6pm UK time. Put it in your diary and we look forward to seeing (and hearing!) you then ! – this one is the typical 2nd Sunday of the month..

Participate in Zoom, or watch and chat through our YouTube Live Stream

Zoom and YouTube links are available here, and distributed via the TTS email and group discussion list.

Dates:

Sunday 11th Sep Click here for the link

Time 4-6pm (UK time)

Repertoire:

Most months we have a theme or a couple of tunes to add to our repertoire.

For Summer we have our Festival tunes plus any emailed on our Google Group.

For May we have TT4 Red House, Ukrainian National Anthem, and TT6 When the Saints.

For April we have TT6 Sumer is Icumen In, British Grenadiers, and Hot Cross Buns.

For March Taborers proposed Carnival and banishing Winter

For February Taborers proposed Taborers Treasury 6:

Gong Xi p 42
Happy New Year Chinese(Clementine) p43
Le Roi d’Yvetot p 24
Lavender’s Blue p 25

For January Taborers proposed Winter and Plough Monday.

Taborer’s Treasury vol 6 – 12 Days of Christmas , Auld Lang Syne, and Noel Nouvelet p. 10

For December Taborers proposed Christmas and Midwinter.

Carols While Shepherds, O Xmas Tree, We Wish You a Merry Xmas.

For November Taborers proposed Morris (Taborer’s Treasury vol 3), including these:

Bledington: Idbury Hill

Bucknell: Saturday Night

Fieldtown: The Rose

Headington: Blue Eyed Stranger

Lichfield: Ring O’Bells

Sherborne: Cuckoo’s Nest, Monks’ March

For October Terry has proposed the following:

English Pavan & Galliard & Branle (Gervaise) (Download PDF)

English Pavan & Galliard mp3

Branle (Gervaise) mp3

Paso el Agoa mp3

June Featured Tunes – Maritime Music.

Here are some suggested tunes that we can play together.

What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor

Drunken Sailor	PDF	MP3	Video
Row Yer Boat	PDF	MP3	Video
Rule Britannia	PDF	MP3	Video

We are also working on a project to make our own TikTok response to the famous Wellerman video.

The Wellerman

January-April 2021 we selected tunes from The Taborers’ Treasury. These tunebooks have been compiled by Terry Carter. You can purchase the books from Terry in our Book Store
We will also choose a couple of easy ‘Big Dub’ tunes that everyone can join in with.