Pibroch

Pibroch, piobaireachd or ceòl mór is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations. It is performed principally on the Great Highland Bagpipe and is also increasingly played on the Scottish fiddle and the wire-strung Gaelic harp or clarsach, among other instruments, as part of a recent revival.

Traditional pipers prefer the name ceòl mór which is Scottish Gaelic meaning the "great music," to distinguish this complex extended art-music from the more popular Scottish music such as dances, reels, marches and strathspeys which are called ceòl beag or "little music".