Bagad
![Bagad ar Meilhoù Glaz from Quimper.](/Images/godic/202412/23/20_Moulin_vert0434.JPG")
![Bombard players from Bagad Ronsed-Mor.](/Images/godic/202412/23/FIL_2012_-_Championnat_national_des_bagadoù_-_première_catégorie_-_Bagad_Ronsed_Mor-50435.jpg")
![Bagad Kemper, 21 times winner of the bagadoù national championship during the summer competition in the Stade du Moustoir in Lorient.](/Images/godic/202412/23/FIL_2012_-_Championnat_national_des_bagadoù_-_première_catégorie_-_Bagad_Kemper-20435.jpg")
A bagad (Breton: [ˈbɑːɡat], French: [baɡad]) is a Breton band, composed of bagpipes (Breton: binioù, French: Cornemuse), bombards and drums (including snare, tenor and bass drums). The pipe band tradition in Brittany was inspired by the Scottish example and has developed since the mid-20th century. A bagad plays mainly Breton music, but a bagad's music is evolutionary: new forms and musical ideas are experimented with at each annual national competition.