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Banda (f)

(with) definite article: a
band

pipe band (➺ Bulgaria, France (Bretagne [Brittany]), Ireland, Scotland and Spain (Galicia))

Identical types: 4

Term for several Gaitas in B♭, in build imitating the Highland bagpipe, playing Galician tunes in the Scottish military tradition, sometimes even using Scottish gracing, with percussion in Scottish style; NB: ➺ Bagad (Brittany, France).

Deviation, introduced in the 1980’s, from the Galician traditional ensemble (2-3 gaitas and percussion); Understandably not generally appreciated.


Sources

Foxo, Xosé Lois: Os segredos da gaita [1982]. Ourense [Orense], s.a. [1985 (2)], p.34.