bagad
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Bagad ar Meilhoù Glaz from Quimper. thumb|Bombard (music)|Bombard players from Bagad Ronsed-Mor. A bagad (, ) is a Breton band, composed of bagpipes (, ), bombards and drums (including snare, tenor and bass drums). The pipe band tradition in Brittany was inspired by the Scottish example and has developed since the mid-20th century. A bagad plays mainly Breton music, but a bagad's music is evolutionary: new forms and musical ideas are experimented with at each annual national competition.
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- Bagad
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- Music of BrittanyPipe band
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right|thumb|Bagad ar Meilhoù Glaz from Quimper. thumb|Bombard (music)|Bombard players from Bagad Ronsed-Mor. A bagad (, ) is a Breton band, composed of bagpipes (, ), bombards and drums (including snare, tenor and bass drums). The pipe band tradition in Brittany was inspired by the Scottish example and has developed since the mid-20th century. A bagad plays mainly Breton music, but a bagad's music is evolutionary: new forms and musical ideas are experimented with at each annual national competition.
The plural for bagad is unusual in that many are referred to as bagadoù but for two, three or any other specified number they are simply referred to as bagad (following the rules of Breton grammar).