Annotation:Reel de Valleyfield (1)
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X:1 T:Reel de Valleyfield [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel C:Alfred Montmarquette S:Transcribed by fiddler Pascal Gemme (of the group Genticorum) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D/F/A/F/ D/F/A/F/|E/G/A/G/ E/G/B/G/|D/F/A/F/ D/F/A/d/|f/e/d/f/ e/A/e/A/| D/F/A/F/ D/F/A/F/|E/G/A/G/ E/G/B/G/|D/F/A/F/ D/F/A/d/|f/e/d/c/ d2:| |:A/d/f/d/ A/d/f/a/|g/f/e/d/ e/A/A/e/|A/B/c/d/ e/A/e/g/|f/d/e/d/ f/d/f/d/| A/d/f/d/ A/d/f/a/|g/f/e/d/ e/A/A/e/|A/B/c/d/ e/A/e/g/|f/d/e/c/ d2:|]
REEL DE VALLEYFIELD [1]. AKA – "Valleyfield Reel." French Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel is attributed to, and was popularized by, accordion player and composer Alfred Montmarquette [1] (1871–1944). Pascal Gemme (of the group Genticorum) says the tune is well-known by fiddlers in Montréal. Salabery-de-Valleyfield is a town located on an island on the Saint Lawrence River, southwest of Montréal, not far from the border with New York. The name 'Valleyfield' was taken from the Valleyfield Mills, a paper mill south of Edinburgh, Scotland.