Annotation:Gigue Carrée

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X:1 % T:Gigue Carrée S:Ménard Bougie M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Barbeau & Massicotte - Veillées du bon vieux temps (1920, No. 37, p. 89) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G BGAG|EGDG BGAB|cedc BGAG| EGDG BGAB|cedc Bdef|gfgd egdc|.B.G G2!fine!:| Bdgd|edcB Acag|fedc Bdgd|edcB cedc|BG G2 Bdgd|edcB Acag|fdef gfgd|gdcB cedc|BG G2!D.C.!||

GIGUE CARRÉE. French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB or AABB'. The tune is from the repertoire of fiddler Ménard Bougie, who played it as an accompaniment to a "reel à quatre."

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Printed sources : - Barbeau & Massicotte (Veillées du bon vieux temps), 1920; No. 37, p. 89.

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