Annotation:Gigue des capuchons

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 GIGUE DES CAPUCHONS (Hood Dance or Capuchons' Reel). AKA - "Reel des capuchons," "Capuchons' reel." AKA and see "Reel de l'allumeur." French-Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A capuchon is an item of apparel--a hood that covers the head. Source Joseph Allard (1873-1947) recorded the jig in 1933 with a measure of 9/8 time on one turn of each strain, although the jig can also be heard frequently in "square" versions for contra-dancing. Allard re-recorded the tune in 1937 under a different title, "Reel de l'allumeur." "Big Chief (1)" in E.F. Adam's Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes (St. Louis, 1928) has a second strain that is similar to "Gigue des capuchons."  Additional notes  Source for notated version : - fiddler Rémi Laporte (Saint-Liguori, Québec) [Hart & Sandell].  Printed sources : -  Jean Duval (La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 87, p. 42. Hart & Sandell (Dance ce Soir), 2001; No. 11, p. 45. Susan Songer with Clyde Curley (Portland Collection vol. 3), 2015; p. 79 ('straight' version).  Recorded sources: -Victor 263909 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1933). See also listing at: Hear Allard's 1933 recording at The Virtual Gramophone |capuchons|&spi=-&rp=1&v=1 Eric Lortie's Identitairs Québécois

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