Bagad (-)
(with) definite article: arpipe band (➺ Bulgaria, France (Bretagne [Brittany]), Ireland, Scotland and Spain (Galicia))
With bagpipes in B♭, resembling the Highland bagpipe, playing Breton tunes in the Scottish military tradition, sometimes even using Scottish gracing and percussion in Scottish style; Term 1948 used for the first time in Brittany; In this deviation from the Breton traditional duo (Biniou kozh with Bombarde) the latter, now also "multiplied", still plays its traditional role;
NB: ➺ Binioù bras; ➺ Banda (Galicia, Spain).
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.54.
García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.129.
Marcel-Dubois, Claudie: The type and nature of French instrumental ensembles. In: SIMP II (Stockholm, 1972), p.174.
Maillard, Jean-Christophe: Sonorité et échelles des instruments traditionnels: l’acoustique musicale du couple biniou-bombarde. In: Pastel 41 (Toulouse, 1999), p.27.