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The {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is a type of bagpipe. The word {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} means 'bagpipe' in the Breton language.
There are two bagpipes called {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in Brittany: the traditional {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}} means 'old' in Breton; {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} means 'small') and the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}} means 'big'), which was brought into Brittany from Scotland in the late 19th century.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The oldest native bagpipe in Brittany is the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, from which the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is thought to be derived.
The {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is essentially the same as the Scottish great Highland bagpipe; sets are manufactured by Breton makers or imported from Scotland or elsewhere.
The {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} has a one octave scale, and is very high-pitched with a soprano sound; it is tuned to play one octave higher than the bombard which it accompanies.<ref name=":0" /> More traditional forms have a single drone, while modern instruments sometimes have two. In the old days the leather used for the bag was usually from a dog's skin, but this is nowadays replaced by synthetic materials or other leathers which are easier to procure, like cow or sheep.
Traditionally it is played in duet with the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, a double-reed instrument which sounds an octave below the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} chanter, for Breton folk dancing. The {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is typically used as part of a {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} band, although it is sometimes also paired with a {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.
FilmsEdit
- Of Pipers and Wrens (1997). Produced and directed by Gei Zantzinger, in collaboration with Dastum. Lois V. Kuter, ethnomusicological consultant. Devault, Pennsylvania: Constant Spring Productions.
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