musette

A small French bagpipe operated with a bellows and having a soft sound.

A soft pastoral air that imitates bagpipe music.

A small canvas or leather bag with a shoulder strap, as one used by soldiers or travelers.

A small and simple variety of oboe.

A form of bagpipe once very popular in France, having a compass of from ten to thirteen tones.

A quiet pastoral melody, usually with a drone-bass, written in imitation of a bagpipe tune: often introduced as one of the parts of the old-fashioned suite, especially as a contrast to the gavotte.

Same as schalmei, 4.

A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.

An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.