Annotation:Rigodon des vieux
X:1 T:Rigodon des vieux S:Pierre "Pit Jornoch" Verret (1863-1937) M:6/8 L:1/8 D:Jean-Marie Verret –"Rend Hommage à Pit Jornoch 1863-1937" (1990) D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfFrL4KeELs Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C zea|:[M:9/8]S{ga}g2f e2d (c/d/Bc) |[M:6/8]dcd GBd|ege cea| [M:9/8]{ga}g2f e2d (c/d/Bc) |[M:6/8]dcd GAB|1(c/d/cB c)ea:|2{B}c2d/c/ (c/d/Bc|| K:G d)Bg dBc|dBg dBc|dBd ece|[M:9/8]dBd (c/d/Bc) ABc| [M:6/8]dBg dBc|dBg dBc|dBd ece|1[M:9/8]fdf (g/a/gf g)Bc:|2[M:9/8]fdf (g/a/gf g)eaS:|]
RIGODON DES VIEUX (The Old Rigodon). French-Canadian, Jig (9/8 and 6/8 time). C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Rigodon des vieux" is from the Verret family of Lac-Saint-Charles, Quebec, four generations of remarkable musicians. The source for the tune is 'Pit Jornoch', a nickname for a fiddler and woodcutter named Pierre Verret (no relation), a friend from the next Parish of accordion player Jean-Baptiste Verret (1894-1955). Jean-Marie Verret, who recorded an album of Pit Jornoch's tunes, is Jean-Baptiste's grandson. He recalled:
My father [fiddler Jules Verret] always considered him to be the greatest fiddler he had ever heard in his life. I was told that Pierre Verret learned his repertoire and style from Charlot Parent from Charlesbourg, which is a few kilometers southeast [of Lac St-Charles], and at the time just a village. [1]
