Annotation:Gigue du diamante bleu

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GIGUE DU DIAMANT BLEU. AKA and see "Flat Foot Reel," "Reel du diamant bleu." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'C. A version of "Flat Foot Reel" published in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883). "Diaman Bleu" is said to have been inspired by Madame Édouard Bolduc's song "Les agents d'assurance" [1] (as has "Gigue à Freddy" and "Reel du cordonnier/Shoemaker's Reel."

Source for notated version: Accordion player Philippe Bruneau

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Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Eric Lortie's Indentitairs Québécois [2]

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