Annotation:Reel de St-Barnabé

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X:1 T:Reel de St-Barnabé N:From the playing of fiddler Isidore Soucy (1899-1963) M:3/2 L:1/8 R:Reel D:Starr 15807b (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy, Lafleur, Monpetit (1931) D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13653.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G [M:3/2]d2dc B2G2 D4|[M:C|] DEFG AGAc |BAGB A2A2| [M:3/2]dedc B2G2D4|[M:C|] DEFG AGAc|1BdAF G4:|2BdAF G2|| DG|B2B2B2 AG|FGAF G2d2|c2d2c3c |BAGA B2DG| BBBB B2 AG|FGAF G2d2|c2d2c3B|AGFA G2:|]

REEL DE ST-BARNABÉ. French-Canadian, Reel (3/2 and cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. St-Barnabé is the name of a village in Mauricie, northwest of Trois-Rivières. Soucy researcher Jean Duval thinks the first strain of the tune compares with songs and tunes from the west of France^[1].

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962), 2017; No. 165, p. 83.

Recorded sources: - Starr 15807b (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy, Lafleur, Monpetit (1931)

See also listing at:
Hear Isidore Soucy's 1931 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]

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↑ Jean Duval, "La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1988-1962", 2017, p. 213.

[1] Jean Duval, "La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1988-1962", 2017, p. 213.

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