There are many meanings of playing the fife in dreams. It could represent honesty and one’s truthfulness or it speak to ones need for expression and creativity in their day-to-day life.
A dream of a fife flute could signify the higher self striving for expression in the everyday world, or it may be urging creativity and originality into mundane life, or it may even imply an artist’s drive to create something beautiful and unique. This can be related to connecting with your true self.
It also may symbolize one’s feeling of giving up on themselves as they feel they can’t go on anymore with what they are doing. This can represent escapism from challenging circumstances.
Fife flutes being out of tune or broken in a dream shows something has gone wrong and needs fixing. Fixing this would require determination from the dreamer.