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X:1 T:Reel Gaulois N:From the playing of Isidore Soucy (1899-1962) N:A reworking of "Buffalo Gals" M:C| L:1/8 D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/14754.mp3 D:Bluebird B-4839a (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (August, 1936) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G SD2G2A2|[M:2/4]B2 BB|[M:C|]e2d2BBGB|d2c2 AFAd|e2de d2D2| GABc d2Bd| e2d2 BBGB|d2c2A2B2|1G2:|2 [M:2/4]G2|| |:Bd|[M:C|]g2 ((3fgf) e2d2|e2d2BBGB|d2c2 AFAd|e2 de dcBd| g2 ((3fgf) e2d2|e2d2BBGB|d2c2A2B2|1[M:2/4]G2|2[M:C|]G2S||



REEL GAULOIS. French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The reel is Isidore Soucy's reworking of "Buffalo Gals." Soucy researcher Jean Duval finds another Soucy reworking of the same melodic material in his "Reel du jubilé (2)", and notices similarities with the Cajun "Churchpoint Breakdown"[1].

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962), 2017; No. 189, p. 95.

Recorded sources: - Bluebird B-4839a (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (August, 1936)

See also listing at:
Hear Isidore Soucy's 1936 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]



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  1. Jean Duval, "La Musiqe de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962, 2017, p. 216.