Its best-known form of folk music is that played on the cabrette (little goat in Auvergnat), a bagpipe made of goatskin.
The traditional master Joseph Rouls taught many modern players, including Dominique Paris, Jean Bona and Michel Esbelin.
The influence of Antoine Bouscatel led to bal-musette incorporating the Italian accordion, which soon came to dominate the music.
This is the period that produced internationally known masters like Léon Chanal, Emile Vacher and Martin Cayla.
Vacher's light style, rhythmic nature and distinctive tremolo defined the genre for many audiences in France and beyond.