Red River Jig

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Theme code Index	431 434
Also known as	Grand Gigue Simple (La), Gigue de la Rivière Rouge, Jig Ahtsii Ch'aadzaa
Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Metis, Native North American
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (6/4 time)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	6/4
History	CANADA(Western Canada)
Structure	ABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 196
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
Artist	Biography:Léon Robert Goulet
Title of recording	Red River Jig
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Victor 216568 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1928
Media
Score (1)

Red River Jig: Annotations

X:1 T:Red River Jig C: Léon Robert Goulet / Victor 216568 / 1928 K: D M: 3/2 L:1/8 "A"D2ed c2 ((3BcB) AAce | dfed cAAc dAFA |[M:4/2]dfed cA ((3BcB) AdcB A2cd|! [M:3/2]egfd eece dfec |[M:2/2]egfd AAFD |E3E E2cd |[M:3/2]egfd eece dfec | [M:2/2]egfd eece |[M:3/2]dcdA BGFD EGFE ||"B"DCDC D2DF ECDC | D2FE DDA,D EDCE | DCDC D2DF ECDC |[M:4/2]DEFG AcdA BGFE D2FE| [M:3/2]DCDC D2DF ECDC | DEFG AGFD EDFE | DCDC D2DF ECDC |DEFG AcdA BGFE||

X:1 T:Red River Jig M:2/8 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Frédéric Genthon N:Published 1929(?), The Old Timer's Association of Manitoba, Canada N:Recorded by Genthon January 18th, 1940 on radio station CJRC (Winnipeg) N:Genthon then aged 82, had placed first in 1926 for the Manitoba Champion Cup for N: fiddling. He earned the tune from his father, who had learned N:the tune in 1842 from a man named Latourelle, who had newly arrived in Rede N:River from Quebec. Latourelle said the tune was known in Quebec as "La N:Gigue du Bac-Canada." K:A [A/e/]c/|:[d/e/]f/ e/d/|[c/e/]A/ B/c/|e/A/ {d}c/A/|[d/e/]f/ e/d/|e/A/ B/c/| d/A/ F/D/|[d/e/]f/ e/d/|[c/e/]A/ B/c/|e/d/ c/A/|e/f/ d/=g/|f/e/ d/B/|e/A/ c/A/!fermata!:| K:Amix A/B/ d/B/|A/G/ F/D/|[AE][AE]-|[AE][AE]||D D/F/|E/C/ D| D D/F/|E/C/ D| D/E/F/G/|A/B/ d/B/|A/G/F/E/|[A,D] D/F/| E/C/ D|[A,D]D/F/|E/C/ D|D/E/F/G/|A/B/ c/d/|B/G/ F/E/|D!D.C.!||

X:1 T:Gigue de la Rivière Rouge N:From the 1930 recording by fiddler A.J. Boulay (1883-1948) at the N:Virtual Gramophone http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/virtual-gramophone/Pages/Item.aspx?idNumber=937696620 M:3/2 L:1/8 R:Reel D:Victor 263749 (78 RPM), A.J. Boulay (1930) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/12976.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D Ac|dfed cABA eAcA|dfed cABc dAFA|dfed cABA eAcA| df{fg}fe gfed BecA| dfed cABA eAcA|dfed cABc dAFA| dfed cABA eAcA|defd gfed BecA||[M:C|]ABdB AGFD| [M:C|] E2[C2E2]-[C2E2][C2E2]|[A,2D2][A,D]D {F}EDCE|[A,2D2][A,D]D {F}EDCE|[M:3/2]DEFG ABdB AGFE | [M:C|] [A,D]D {F}EDCE|[A,D]D {F}EDCE| DEFG |[M:3/2]DEFG ABdB AGFE | [M:C|] [A,D]D {F}EDCE|[A,D]D {F}EDCE|[M:3/2]DEFG ABdB AGFD| [M:C|] E2[C2E2]-[C2E2][C2E2]|[A,2D2][A,D]D {F}EDCE|[A,2D2][A,D]D {F}EDCE|[M:3/2] DEFG ABdB AGFE |[M:2/4][A,2D2]||

X:1 T:Red River Jig M:3/4 L:1/8 S:Teddy Boy Houle, 1985 N:Transcribed by Anne Lederman, field collection K:D A/c/|d/f/e/d/ c/A/(3B/c/B/ A/A/F/A/|d/f/e/d/ c/A/B/c/ d/A/F/A/|d/f/e/d/ c/A/(3B/c/B/ A/A/F/A/| d/f/e/d/ e/a/f/a/ e/e/c/A/|d/e/f/g/ a/e/(3f/g/f/ e/c/d/f/|\ M:2/4 L:1/8 e/c/d/B/ A/G/F/D/| F/E/D/C/ D/C/D/F/|(3E/F/E/D/C/ D/C/D/F/|(3E/F/E/D/C/ D/C/D|A/d/c/B/ A/G/F/D/| (3E/F/E/D/C/ D/C/D/F/|(3E/F/E/D/C/ D/C/D/F/|(3E/F/E/D/C/ D/C/D|A/d/c/B/ A/G/F/D/|EE/F/ (3E/F/E/||

X:1 T:Red River Jig M:9/8 L:1/8 N:ADae tuning S:Andy de Jarlis K:Amix B/c/|dfed cAB2 [A2e2]c/e/|d/f/e/d/ c/A/B2 [A2e2]c/e/|d/f/e/d/ e2f2 eecA| E3(E E2)Ac|dfed eg f2 e2ce|dfed egf2 e2 ce|dcdA BAFD EGFE|| M:4/4 L:1/8 DCDC D2DF|ECDC D2FE|DDFD EDFE|DCDC D2 DF|ECDC DEFG| AGFD EDFE|DCDC D2 DF|ECDC DEFG|AddA BAFE|\ M:2/4 L:1/8 D2 [Ae]c||

Red River Jig: Annotations