Annotation:Grosse Roche
X:1 T:Grosse Roche S:fiddler Édouard Richard (1934-2019, Grande-Vallée, Gaspé) N:Eighth notes are "swung" a little bit. Richard sometimes plays N:parts four repeats, sometimes three. N:The tune belongs to the 'Disputant' family of Quebec tunes (see N:note for "Disputeuse (La)" M:C| L:1/8 N:"+" = pizz. D:Édouard Richard - "Musique gaspésienne" (2000) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz 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| |1,2[M:3/2]DB,G,B, CA, (3B,A,G, A,B,CD:|3 [M:C|]DB,G,B, CA, | [A,4D4]|| |:e3 e-|efed ^cdef|{ga}gedB {c}BA [G,2G2]|[DA]cBG [DA]cBG|[DA]cBG [D4A4]| eg-ed ^cdea|aba^g a4||1efed ^cdef |{a}gedB {c}BAGB|[D4A4]:|2 [M:3/2]"+"e2"+"A2 ([G,/D/]<[A,/E/])-[A,4E4]||
GROSSE ROCHE. AKA and see "Chiccaneuse/Chicaneuse (La)," "Disputeuse (La)," "Gigue des pionniers." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Grosse Roche" was Gaspe fiddler Édouard Richard's title for the tune recorded as "Gigue des pionniers" by Isidore Soucy, as "Disputeuse (La)" by Pitou Boudreault, and "Chicaneuse (La)" by the group Le Rêve du Diable. Most will recognize it as one of the members of the "Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman (The)" tune family.
