Annotation:Reel à Eric à Théotime à Six-pouces
X:1 T:Reel à Eric à Théotime à Six-pouces T:Reel from Eric from Six-Thumbed Théotime C:Eloi LeBlanc (1909-1978, Beaumont, N.B.) M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel N:Fiddler Eric à Théotime was one of Eloi's uncles. B:Corfield - "Tunes from New Brunswick" (2024, p. 39) D:Les Productions Acadiennes LPA 1001, Eloi LeBlanc - "Eloi et Son Violon" (1977) D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45jbzmXD3w Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz from Eloi's 1977 recording K:G GA|BGdG BAGB|ADFA DAFA| BGdG BAGB |AFAc BGGA:| |:[G3B3](B/c/ B)AGB|ADFA DAFA|[G3B3](B/c/ B)AGB|AFAc BGGA:|
REEL À ERIC À THÉOTIME À SIX-POUCES. AKA - "Eric à Théotime à Six-pouces." Canadian, Reel (whole time). Canada, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Reel à Eric à Théotime à Six-pouces" was named for a fiddling uncle of Eloi LeBlanc, "The Fiddler of Memramcook Valley". LeBlanc, who played the tune blazingly fast, could not recall its original title, instead calling it "Eric à Théotime à Six-pouces," or "Reel from Eric from Six-Thumbed Théotime". Devon Leger explains that six-thumbed is an Acadian phrase meaning "all thumbs", or 'clumsy'.
