Annotation:Reel du plaisir

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X:1 % T:Reel du plaisir S:Isidore Soucy M:C| L:1/8 K:E e2Be geBe|dffg afdf|e2Be geBe|\ M:5/4 L:1/8 dcBA GE EE E2| M:3/4 L:1/8 [EB]e geBe|\ M:C| L:1/8 dffg afdf|eeBe geBe|\ M:6/4 L:1/8 dcBA GE EE E2 [E2B2]|| M:C| L:1/8 gbbb gefg|ac'c'c' ac'fa|gbeb gefg|ac'ba geef| gebe gefg|ac'c'c' ac'fa|gbbb gefg|ac'ba geee||

REEL DU PLAISIR (Reel of Pleasure). French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel is what Prof. Samuel Bayard called a "composite melody", consisting of a distanced form of the fourth strain of "Lord MacDonald (4)" paired with the second strain of "Belle Catherine (3) (La)." It was recorded in Montreal in March, 1936, by fiddler Isidore Soucy, and we might surmise from the title he enjoyed playing it.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: - Bluebird B-4859, Isidore Soucy (1936).

See also listing at:
Hear Soucy's 1936 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1][2]