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Binioù kozh (-)

(with) definite article: ar
plural: Biniaouioù; (with) definite article: ar
(the) old Binioù(s); ➺ remark(s) below

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: drone)

Identical types: 61

From "bigno" [to swell strongly (Širola: to echo strongly)] ?; Basse-Bretagne; Always played in combination with a Bombard(e) (a shawm, the player of which is called a Talabarder [a term of unknown origin, introduced after World War II], not a "bombardier", which would mean "bomber"); Generally, each melody line is first played on the Bombarde, which is joined by the (1 octave higher) Binioù in the repetition; NB¹: According to Jacquot, who just calls it Biniou, it is an instrument of the "Gallo-Bretons"; NB²: ➺ Gaitilla; NB³: ➺ Turelurette; NB4: ➺ Vege; NB5: ➺ Binioù bras.

Wooden parts traditionally made of beech (Fagus sylvatica).


Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile] (Biniou [only]).

García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.122 (Biniou).

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.371 (Biniou [only]).

Musique bretonne: histoire des sonneurs de tradition. Douarnenez, 1996, p.332.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (Biniou [only]).

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.20 (Biniou [only]; »Baines), 36, 49, 66.

Jacquot, Albert: Dictionnaire pratique et raisonné des instruments de musique anciens et modernes. Paris, 1886, p.22 (Biniou),.

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Web

Google books (Jacquot [Find biniou]).
Wikipedia: Binioù [Text in Brezhoneg (Breton) !].