Annotation:Gigue à l'envers (La)

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 GIGUE À l'ENVERS, LA. French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From an obscure recording from the beginning of the 20th century. A gigue in Québec is a stepdance, and the name attached to a tune simply means a vehicle for stepdancing, no matter what the meter.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Remon & Bouchard (Airs Tordus: 25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 1), 1996; No. 24.  Recorded sources: Eric Favreau & Mario Landry - September 1997

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