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Bombardes from Kevrenn an Arvorig File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image:Bombardes.jpg
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The bombarde is a France - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...French folk A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ...instrument from Brittany. A cross between an Modern Oboe The Oboe is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...oboe and a conical_bored pipe chanter, it is blown in the mouth, with the A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to make music. ...reed between the lips. Typically pitched in B flat, it plays a diatonic scale over two octaves.


Producing a very strident and powerful tone, it is most commonly heard today in Kevrenn an Arvorig here with dancer Bro ar Ster Goz A bagad is a Breton band, composed of biniou (Breton bagpipes), bombardes and snare drums. ...bagads, the Breton version of the A pipe band is a group of pipers and drummers. ...pipe bands. Traditionally it was used in a duet with the The Biniou is a mouth blown bagpipe from the Brittany region of France. ...biniou for Breton folk dancing.


The bombarde requires so much breath that a bombard player (talabarder) can rarely play for long periods. This suits Brittany is on the northwest coast of France and is a region unique in that country in its Celtic cultural derivation. ...Breton music, where there is often a solo line which is then echoed by a chorus: the bombarde plays the solo line and then the player recovers while the other instruments play the echo.


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