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BINIOU, or BIGNOU , a species of cornemuse or bagpipe, still in use at the present day in Brittany. The biniou is a primitive kind of bagpipe consisting of a leather bag inflated by means of a short valved insufflation tube or blow-pipe, a chaunter with conical bore furnished with a double
The scale of the biniou is usually =i!_ =-r I 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 See Victor Mahillon, Catalogue descriptif, vol. ii. (Ghent
Instruments
and the single drone is tuned to the lower octave of the first hole The more primitive biniou, still occasionally found in the remote districts of Cornouailles and Morbihan, has a chaunter with but five holes,' giving part of the scale of D, the drone being also tuned to D. The drone of the biniou is of box- wood
The word biniou or bignou (a Gallicized form), often erroneously derived from bigno, se renfier beaucoupan etymology not supported by Breton
Breton
instrument , tool, i.e. binviou, binvijou.2 The word is also found in the phrase, " Sac'h ar biniou" (a biniou bag), a bag used by weavers to hold their tools, spindles, &c. The biniou is still the traditional and popular instrument of the Breton peasants of Cornouailles and Morbihan, and is almost inseparable from the bombard (q.v.), which is no other than a survival of the medieval musette, hautbois or chalemie, formerly associated with the bag-pipe in western Europe (see OBOE). At all festivals, at the pardons, wedding feasts and threshing dances, the two traditional musicians or sonneurs give out in shrill penetrating tones the ancient Breton rondes 3 and melodies.End of Article: BINIOU, or BIGNOU If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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