Ceòl beag

{{Short description|Music genre}}

{{lang|gd|Ceòl beag|i=no}} ({{IPA|gd|kʲʰɔl̪ˠ ˈpek|pron}}) is the Gaelic-language term for "light music", which in bagpiping includes such forms as marches, strathspeys, reels, jigs, polkas, slow airs, and hornpipes, as well as pipe tunes played in non-traditional idioms such as rock, punk, and jazz. The term is used in juxtaposition to {{lang|gd|ceòl mòr|i=no}} (translating literally as "big music" or "great music", as contrasted with {{lang|gd|ceòl beag|i=no}}, meaning "little music").{{cite web |title=History of the Highland Bagpipes |url=http://vtpipeband.org/?page_id=27 |website=St. Andrews Pipeband of Vermont |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317073930/http://vtpipeband.org/?page_id=27 |archivedate=17 March 2016}}