Annotation:Gigue du père Mathias
X:1 T:Gigue du père Mathias M:2/4 L:1/8 C:Adélard Thomassin R:Reel S:Transcribed by fiddler Pascal Gemme (of the group Genticorum) F:http://tradquebec.over-blog.com/archive-1-2007.html K:D d/B/|:A/F/F/F/ Ad/B/|A/F/F/F/ Ed/B/|A/F/F/F/ Ad/B/|1 A/F/E/F/ Dd/B/:| |2 A/F/E/F/ D2||:A/c/e/c/ B/{c}B/A|A/c/e/c/ B/{c}B/A| A/c/e/c/ B/{c}B/A|1 B/A/B/c/ d/d/d:|2 B/A/B/c/ d/c/d/e/|| |:fd BA/G/|F/A/F/A/ E/A/d/e/|fd BA/G/|1 F/A/B/c/ d/c/d/e/:|2 F/A/B/c/ dd/B/||
GIGUE DU PÈRE MATHIAS (Father Mathias' Step-Dance). AKA - "Père Mathias (Le)." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'. The melody was composed by 20th century accordion player Adélard Thomassin[1] (1927-2015), and, according to Eric Lortie [2], was used as the theme music to "Les invités du Père Mathias /The Guests of Father Mathias," a television show that played in the 1955-1956 season, hosted by actor Gilles Vigneault. Thomassin played with the influential folk group Les Montagnards Laurentien. A gigue in Québec is a stepdance, and the name attached to a tune simply means a vehicle for stepdancing, no matter what the meter.
