The cabrette (

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: literally "little goat", alternately ''musette'') is a type of bagpipe which appeared in Auvergne, France in the 19th century, and rapidly spread to

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and Aubrac.

Details

The cabrette comprises a chanter for playing the melody and a drone, but the latter is not necessarily functional. Though descended from earlier mouth-blown bagpipes, bellows were added to the cabrette in the mid-19th century. It is said that Joseph Faure, of

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en Haute-Loire, first applied a bellows to the cabrette. Faure, a carpenter stricken with lung disease, was inspired when he used a bellows to start a fire.

Sources

Dedicated cabrette site

External links

*{{cite web, accessdate=June 3, 2018 , url=http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/guide/cabrette/ , title=Guide to the Cabrette , publisher=The Bagpipe Society Bagpipes French musical instruments