what instruments are used in typical folk french music?

Answer 1

French folk instruments Accordion The Accordion is the main instrument of the musette style of ballroom music in France (a style largely now out of fashion) and of the fifties chanson singing.

Although rarely seen in the cities, the Accordion is still very popular in many country regions, and is often used by the local Orchestre du bal.

In the USA it was an instrument that was widely used during their 'Vaudeville' period, in Holland it is played as an accompaniment to 'Clog dancing', and also enjoyed a certain popularity in Russia at the turn of the century.

There are several different types of button accordions - the Diatonic, the Chromatic, plus the many complex hybrids, and curiosities.

In addition the bass systems are a real science in themselves, with many configurations.

Other instruments from the same family are the Concertina, the Bandeoneon and the Flutina, which are all squeezeboxes.

The Bombarde A folk musical instrument from Brittany and Cornwall in the UK, that is a cross between an oboe and a conical- bored pipe chanter (the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody).

The bombarde is blown by the mouth with the reed is held between the lips. Typically pitched in B flat, it plays a diatonic scale over two octaves. It produces a strident, powerful tone and is used in most Bagads, the Breton version of British pipe bands.

It was traditionally used in a duet with the biniou (Bagpipes) for Breton Folk Dancing, but requires so much breath that it cannot be used for very long periods by the (talabarder) bombard player.

Hurdy Gurdy The hurdy gurdy or vielle-a-roue (fiddle with a wheel) is a cross between a violin and a piano accordion. It is made up of a curved, oval body, a set of keys and a curved handle that is turned and connected to a wheel that bows the strings that are stopped by the keys.

There is a moveable bridge, a variable number of drone strings and hidden sympathetic strings, all of which can also effect the sound, which sounds something like Bagpipes. Simpler forms of the hurdy gurdy are also found in Spain, Hungary, and Russia

Answer 2

French folk instruments Accordion The accordion is the main instrument of the musette style of ballroom music in France (a style largely now out of fashion) and of the fifties chanson singing.

Although rarely seen in the cities, the accordion is still very popular in many country regions, and is often used by the local Orchestre du bal.

In the USA it was an instrument that was widely used during their 'Vaudeville' period, in Holland it is played as an accompaniment to 'Clog dancing', and also enjoyed a certain popularity in Russia at the turn of the century.

There are several different types of button accordions - the Diatonic, the Chromatic, plus the many complex hybrids, and curiosities.

In addition the bass systems are a real science in themselves, with many configurations.

Other instruments from the same family are the Concertina, the Bandeoneon and the Flutina, which are all squeezeboxes.

The Bombarde A folk musical instrument from Brittany and Cornwall in the UK, that is a cross between an oboe and a conical- bored pipe chanter (the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody).

The bombarde is blown by the mouth with the reed is held between the lips. Typically pitched in B flat, it plays a diatonic scale over two octaves. It produces a strident, powerful tone and is used in most Bagads, the Breton version of British pipe bands.

It was traditionally used in a duet with the biniou (bagpipes) for Breton Folk Dancing, but requires so much breath that it cannot be used for very long periods by the (talabarder) bombard player.

Hurdy Gurdy The hurdy gurdy or vielle-a-roue (fiddle with a wheel) is a cross between a violin and a piano accordion. It is made up of a curved, oval body, a set of keys and a curved handle that is turned and connected to a wheel that bows the strings that are stopped by the keys.

There is a moveable bridge, a variable number of drone strings and hidden sympathetic strings, all of which can also effect the sound, which sounds something like bagpipes. Simpler forms of the hurdy gurdy are also found in Spain, Hungary, and Russia