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Annotation:Devil's Reel (3)
X:2 T:Devil's Reel [3] (AEac# tuning) S:Métis elder and fiddler Grandy Fagnan (1902-1986, Camperville, Manitoba) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) N:two-part version of the Quebecois “Reel du pendu” D:Falcon FP 287, Grandy Fagnan - "Old Native And Métis Fiddling in D:Manitoba, Vol. 2" (1987) D:https://grandyproject.ca/tunes/ Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix N:Transcribed as it is fingered, not as it sounds. Play with fiddle tuned N:AEac# finger the following "as if" in standard tuning: P:A A2cA gAeg|a-geg cAA2|A2 cA gAcA|c2 cd cB A2| |:A2cA gAeg|a-geg cAA2|A2 cA gAc2|1c2 cd cB A2:|2 c2 cd cBAB|| c2c2 BABd|c2c2 BAEA|c2c2 BAcA|[M:2/4]B-cA2 || P:A' [M:C|][A2e2][ce]A gAeg|a-geg cA A2|A2 cA gA c2|c2 cd cA A2|A2cA gAcg|a-geg cAA2| A2 cA ge e2|[c2e2][ce]d cBAB|c2c2 BABd|c2c2 BAaA|c2c2 BAcA|[M:2/4]B-cA2 ||
DEVIL'S REEL [3]. AKA and see "Reel du pendu." Canadian, Reel. Canada, Manitoba. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). "Devil's Reel [3]," a version of the Quebec "Reel du pendu" (Hanged man's reel), is played by most fiddlers in the Metis community of Camperdown, Manitoba,
