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Annotation:Reel du chat noir
X:1 T:Reel du chat noir T:Black Cat Reel [2] N:From the playing of Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal, Quebec) N:A version of "Cliff Hornpipe" M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:Victor 263924b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1933) D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13199.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D DFAF DGBG|DFAd fdAF|G2 gf edcB|AGAB AGFE| DFAF DGBG|AFAd fdAF|G2 gf edcB|Agec dd/d/ d2:| |:cdef {a}gfge|dcde fdAG|FGef {a}gfed|cBAG ABAF| DFAF DGBG|DFAd fdAF|G2 gf edcB|Agec dd/d/ d2:|
REEL DU CHAT NOIR (Black Cat Reel). French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Allard's "Reel du chat noir" is a version of Tyneside composer James Hill's "Cliff Hornpipe." A version of the first strain can also be heard in E.F. Adam's "Double Shuffle (3)."
