Annotation:Reel de Charny

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X:1 T:Reel de Charny M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Fiddler Pascal Gemme K:G D/G,/B,/D/ G,/D/B,/D/|C/D/E/G/ c/G/B/G/|A/D/F/A/ D/A/F/A/|G/A/B/c/ d/d/d| D/G,/B,/D/ G,/D/B,/D/|C/D/E/G/ c/G/B/G/|A/D/F/A/ D/A/F/A/|G/B/A/F/ G/G/G:| |:g/f/g/a/ b/g/d/g/|d/g/d/g/ B/d/e/f/|g/f/g/a/ b/g/d/g/|d/e/f/g/ aa/b/| ag/a/ b/g/d/g/|d/g/d/g/ B/d/e/f/|g/B/B/c/ d/e/d/c/|B/G/A/F/ GG:|



REEL DE CHARNY. French-Canadian, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Reel de Charny" was recorded in 1938 by fiddler Jos. Bouchard (1905-1979) and named for a neighborhood in the town of Lévis, to the east of Québec city on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.


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Recorded sources : - Bluebird B-1163-A (78 RPM), Jos. Bouchard (1938). GAGCD-26421, "Aimé Gagnon violoneux d'origine" (1997). Philo FI 2002l, "Henri Landry, violoneux des cantons de l'Est/Henri Landry, fiddler from the Eastern Townships" (1975). Jean-Louis Leduc - "Hommage à Jos Bouchard" (2006).

See also listing at :
Hear Jos. Bouchard's 1938 recording on youtube.com [1], at the Virtual Gramophone [2], and at the Public Domain database [3]
See Pascal Gemme's blog entry on the tune [4]



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