Annotation:Reel des braves

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X:1 T:Reel des braves N:From the playing of Isidore Soucy (1899-1963) M:C| L:1/8 D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13981.mp3 D:Starr 16048-B (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1937. Accompanied D:by Romuald Soucy on piano). Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C [G,2G2]|:Sceee e2dc|[M:3/2]faab agec G>G GG|[M:C|]ceee e2ed|Bdde dBG2| ceee e2 dc|faab a2ge |cegf afdB|1cdcB c2G2:|2 cdcB cdef|| (g/a/g) ec (g/4a/<g) ec|Bcde fefa| (g/a/g) ec gcec|Bddg ec c2| g2ec gcec| Bcde fefa| (g/a/g) ec gcec|[M:3/2]Bddg eccc c2G2S||

REEL DES BRAVES. French-Canadian, Reel (cut and 3/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Soucy researcher Jean Duval (2017) finds the piece "vaguely related" to "Boston Boys" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899–1962), 2017, no. 235, p. 118.

Recorded sources: -Starr 16048-B (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1937. Accompanied by his son, Romuald Soucy, on piano).

See also listing at:
Hear Isidore Soucy's 1937 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]

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