Blind Man's Reel (1)

 BLIND MAN'S REEL [1] (Reel de l'Aveugle). AKA and see "Reel of the Blindmen." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Welling's version features irregular measure at ends of 'A' and 'B' parts as well as double-tonic tonality. The tune was recorded in the 1920's on a 78 RPM disc by Québecois fiddler Joseph Allard. Sources for notated versions: Gretchen Koehler [Phillips]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Printed sources: Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 51, pg. 60. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 133, pg. 54. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 29. Welling (Welling's Hartford Tunebook), 1976; pg. 1. Recorded sources: Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan."

X:1 T:Blind Man's Reel [1] M:C| L:1/8 S:Caremelle Begin - from a transcription of Ontario fiddler Dawson Girdwood K:D A2 zG |: FD (3DDD (ED)B,G, | A,>DF>(A B>A)F>D | C>EG>(B c>B)A>G| F>Ad>(e f>d)A>G | F2 (3DDD E>DB,>G, | A,>DF>(A BA)FD | C>EG>B c(BA>G |1 F>(dA>F D2 A>G:|2 F>(dA>F D2 d>e || e>cd>f e>cd>e| f>dA>c d>A(FA) | B/B/AG>B e>dc>B| A>fe>d c>AB>c|1 d2 ({e/}d>)c [D3d3]e :|2 d>ed>c d2 A>G ||
 * f>dA>c d>A(F>A) | B/B/AG>B e>dc>B | A>cd>e f>dg>f |

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