note while simultaneously lifting and replacing the chanter on the leg. Also known as barking, as this is the sound created. Tuning Bead Northumbrian pipe drones incorporate a tuning bead and/or slide which allows the player to raise the pitch of the drone by a whole tone to play in other keys. Biniaouer Biniaouer means piper in the Breton language. Binioù Binioù means bagpipe in the Breton language. Binioù-Bras Binioù-bras means Great (Highland) Bagpipe in the Breton language. See Pib-Veur. Binioù-Ilin Binioù-ilin means Uilleann Pipes in the Breton language. Binioù-Kozh Binioù-kozh is the traditional Breton Bagpipe. Birl Onomatopoeic name for a Highland bagpipe embellishment on low A, consisting of two very fast taps or strikes to low G. Blade The vibrating element of a bagpipe reed. Reeds can be single or double; generally speaking, chanter reeds are double and drone reeds single. The blade is also known sometimes as a tongue. Blowpipe The pipe through which the bag is inflated. Bombarde A shawm-like instrument traditionally played in duet with the bagpipe in Brittany. Bottom D The lowest note available on an uilleann chanter. Called Bottom D to avoid confusion with the two higher Ds available. It is obtained by lifting the chanter off the leg. Bridle (On a double reed for a chanter) A strip of copper about 1/8" to 3/16" wide and 2" long with slanted edges used to control the aperture of the two blades of a reed. (On a reed single reed for a drone) A few winds of hemp or else some sort of elastic band to control the length and position of the vibrating tongue. Brien Boru Pipes A 20th century attempt to create an instrument similar to the Highland bagpipe, but with an extended range that could handle popular Irish melodies. Several bands were formed, one or two of which still exist. C Canntaireachd A system of non-lexical vocables, whose purpose is to encapsulate piobaireachd in a form which can be written or spoken while maintaining the precision normally offered only by written music. One of the most important sources in piobaireachd, the Nether Lorn manuscript, is exclusively written in canntaireachd. Ceòl Beag Literally meaning little music, a Highland bagpiping term referring to, essentially, anything that is not piobaireachd. The term is of relatively recent origin. Chanter Cimpoi aka Çimpoi a Romanian chanter with cylindrical bore and single beating reed. Also has a lower