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X:1 T:Gigue Carrée [1] 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 [1]. French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB or AABB'. The tune is from the repertoire of 72 year old shoemaker and fiddler Ménard Bougie^[1], 1919, who played it as an accompaniment to the dance "reel à quatre."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Barbeau & Massicotte (Veillées du bon vieux temps, Société historique de Montréal et de la Société de folklore d'Amérique), 1920; No. 37, p. 89[1].

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↑ There is a photograph of M. Bougie on "planche VI"[2]

[1] There is a photograph of M. Bougie on "planche VI"[2]

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