Annotation:Forgeron (Le)

|Tune properties and standard notation

 FORGERON, LE (The Blacksmith). AKA and see "Blacksmith's Reel (2)." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' tune.  Source for notated version: Acadien fiddler Pius Boudreault via Jean Carignan (Montreal); also André Alain (St-Basile de Portneuf) [Remon & Bouchard].  Printed sources: Remon & Bouchard (25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 1: Québec Fiddle Tunes), 1996; No. 20.  Recorded sources: Yvon Mimeault - "Y etait temps!/It's About Time" (adapted from Jean Carrignan's version).

|Tune properties and standard notation