Annotation:Bay-du-Vin Quadrille (The)
X:2 T:Bay-du-Vin Quadrille T:As played by Fidel Martin M:6/8 L:1/8 N:Probably was played on a fiddle tuned one tone down from the standard tuning. N:This transcription aims to show how it would be played on a violin with N: standard tuning. So it's one tone higher than the recording. N:From an August 24, 1966, field recording of the playing of Fidel N:Martin (1891-1976) of Berlin N.H., originally from Rogersville, NB, recorded N:by folklorist Art Rosenbaum. Martin, a WWI veteran, had a repertory that N:consisted of Acadian, Irish, American and French-Canadian tunes. D:UGA Brown Media Archives: identifier artrosen_0056 (Track 17 -06:34 the tape) F:https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/331506 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz; transcription then revised by Malcolm Schonfield % 2024-07-02 K:Dmix P:A dde f2g | afd [d2a2]d | add ded | c2e gag | afg {fg}fef | d2e f2g | aga c'>c'c' | e2a ((3g/a/g/f)e | d2e f2g | a-fd add | add add | Jc2e gag | ((3g/a/g/e)g ((3f/g/f/e)f | d2e f2g | aga c'2c' | [M:9/8]eea ((3g/a/g/f)e ddd|| K:Ddorian P:B [M:6/8]A2d dcd|e2A cde|f2f e2e | ddd A2G| A2d dcd|e2e cde| [M:9/8] fga gec d2d | [M:6/8] AdA dcd|e2e cde|((3f/g/f/e)f eee|dc((3B/c/B/ A)AG| A>dd (dcd)|e2A cde|e(f/g/a) ge!E.D.!c ||
BAY-DU-VIN QUADRILLE, THE. French-Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada, New Brunswick. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. A tune learned at dances in the Chatham/Miramichi area early in the 20th century by fiddler Fidel Martin (Berlin, N.H.).
