Annotation:Disputeuse (La)
X:1 T:Disputeuse, La T:The Disputatious Woman M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:Related to "Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman" N:from the playing of Isidore Soucy (1899-1963, Montreal, Québec) D:Starr 15439a (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1928) F:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/15818.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Ador a-|a2a2 eagb|a2a2 eagb|a2a2 gagf|ed^cd efgf | [M:3/2]e^cAc efgf ed^cd |[M:C|]eagb a2a2|eagb a2a2|| A,A,^C[A,E] A,A,C[A,E] |[M:3/2]G,2B,G, DG,B,G, D[B,D]G,B,|[M:C|]A,B,=CD E2 DC|B,A,G,B, | A,2CA, A,A,CA,|[M:3/2] G,2 B,G, DG,B,G, DB,G,B, |[M:C|]A,B,=CD E2 DC|B,A,G,B, A,2[A,2E2]||
DISPUTEUSE, LA. French-Canadian, Reel (cut and 3/2 time). Canada; Québec, New Brunswick. A Dorian/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A version of a tune better-known as "Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman (The)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/c/k/ckncri5ydyk4wnd3pbj0rsfm38cibao/ckncri5y.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/c/k/ckncri5ydyk4wnd3pbj0rsfm38cibao/ckncri5y.png" width="718" height="108" alt=" X:1 T:Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:Amix CA,EA, CA,EA,|B,G,DG, B,G,G,B,|CA,EA, CA,EA,|B,A,G,B, A,2A,B,| "></div> , at least in the United States. There is a category of related tunes in Québec that purport to mimic a complaining person (usually female) or a dispute between a man and woman (often characterized as the arguments of a man and wife), including "Marmotteuse (La)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/r/u/ru7z70yv31xrebzfdntl221tfn6mqxn/ru7z70yv.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/r/u/ru7z70yv31xrebzfdntl221tfn6mqxn/ru7z70yv.png" width="697" height="79" alt=" X:1 T:Marmotteuse, La T:Grumbler, The M:C| L:1/8 K:Adors ag|eAzA cdea|gedc BABd|eAzA cded|eaza bgag| "></div> , "Chicaneuse (La)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/r/w/rwwd65cz6hztphzmnm6rbvrb6vomw7d/rwwd65cz.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/r/w/rwwd65cz6hztphzmnm6rbvrb6vomw7d/rwwd65cz.png" width="409" height="83" alt=" X:1 T:La chicaneuse M:C| L:1/8 K:Ador A,B,| CA,[A,E]A, CA,[A,E]A,| B,G,[G,D]G, B,G,[G,D]G,| "></div> , "Chicanière (La)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/m/4/m4rld6y9bldj0h4umrv6wkbluvn14d5/m4rld6y9.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/m/4/m4rld6y9bldj0h4umrv6wkbluvn14d5/m4rld6y9.png" width="670" height="78" alt=" X:1 T:Chicanière, La T:The Quareling Woman M:C| L:1/8 K:D f2|afdf afdf|ge=ce ge^ce|afdf afdf|gece d2:| "></div> , "Gigue des pionniers," "Grosse Roche"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/6/4/64yqe2nrfbexy3p5opy6znaeolphtuu/64yqe2nr.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/6/4/64yqe2nrfbexy3p5opy6znaeolphtuu/64yqe2nr.png" width="596" height="83" alt=" X:1 T:Grosse Roche M:C| L:1/8 K:Ador [CE][A,E]-|:[A,2E2]((3E/F/E/)E DD[B,D]G,|[G,D]DB,D [G,D]DB,G, |A,B,CD ((3E/F/E/)D CE| "></div> , and "Bavasseuse (La)." The juxtaposition of high and low strains in binary tunes and the resultant association to two people having a disagreement is an old one, however, and can be found in other, English-speaking, genres. Allard researcher Jean Duval points to the venerable "Arkansas Traveler (1)" as one example [1] . Gaspésie fiddler Hermas Réhel (Bridgeville, Gaspé, PQ) played a version of the tune as "La Grondeuse" [2] , as did his contemporary Gaspésie fiddler Édouard Richard (1934-2019, Grande-Vallée, Gaspé) with his version, "Grosse Roche"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/6/4/64yqe2nrfbexy3p5opy6znaeolphtuu/64yqe2nr.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/6/4/64yqe2nrfbexy3p5opy6znaeolphtuu/64yqe2nr.png" width="596" height="83" alt=" X:1 T:Grosse Roche M:C| L:1/8 K:Ador [CE][A,E]-|:[A,2E2]((3E/F/E/)E DD[B,D]G,|[G,D]DB,D [G,D]DB,G, |A,B,CD ((3E/F/E/)D CE| "></div> .
