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Musette

The document discusses a Musette, a type of French bagpipe from the 17th-18th centuries. It describes playing the bass A note continuously as a drone throughout the piece. The playing instructions specify using rest strokes for the beginning and end sections, and free strokes for the middle section from bars 9-16. It also provides directions to play near the bridge for the notation "Pont." and to return to the natural sound for "nut.".

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Musette

The document discusses a Musette, a type of French bagpipe from the 17th-18th centuries. It describes playing the bass A note continuously as a drone throughout the piece. The playing instructions specify using rest strokes for the beginning and end sections, and free strokes for the middle section from bars 9-16. It also provides directions to play near the bridge for the notation "Pont." and to return to the natural sound for "nut.".

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A Musette is a type of French bagpipe which was popular in the 17th and 18th

centuries. Bagpipes make a 'drone'-a continuous note heard throughout the


piece-which is imitated here by the bass A. Use a rest stroke for the beginning
and ending sections, and free strokes in the middle (bars 9-16). Pont. (or
'ponticello') means play near the bridge; nut. is back to the natural sound.

Pont.

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