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musette::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shepherd's pipe |
| Type of | bagpipe |
Examples of musette
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Bal-musette, Tango and Bossa Nova rhythms give the songs diversity.
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Do the map bag and musette look man-baggy to you?
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The musette has a cycling heritage.
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Priests skitter about the world in gray-green denim fatigues, carrying musette bags and spreading a gospel of social revolution.
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Half way into the next climb, Luz Ardiden, Armstrong's handlebar got caught in a spectator's yellow musette waving in the mid-air and he fell.
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In France, the Selmer was the top professional guitar for many years and can be heard in everything from musette to the backing of chansonniers.
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Their greater range, ease of changing key, more fluent action, along with their strong musette tuning blended seamlessly with the other instruments and were highly valued during this period.
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- A small bagpipe formerly popular in France
- Small lightweight cotton shoulder bag, used for containing food and drink given to riders in a feed zone during a cycle race. The bag is designed so that it can be easily grabbed by a moving rider. ...
- The French bagpipe of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Especially suitable for pastoral music.
- (Musette and Drums): n. [Middle English; Old French] 1. A small French bagpipe having a soft sound. 2. A small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap.
- [French] cloth shoulder bag for carrying food and drinks, usually handed off to racers in feed zone.
- A bag that has food in it that is given to riders in a road race.
- There are a few meanings to this word: a small French bagpipe, a small oboe or a reed stop on the organ.
- Originated in 18 century air or dance written for the musette (bagpipe) or a pastoral piece in imitation of the instrument.
- (French) French bellows blown bagpipe with 2 small cylindrical keyed chanters, and a shuttle drone; a gavotte with a persistent bass drone imitating the bagpipe; a shawm; an air with drones in imitation of the sound of the bagpipe
