Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on December 19th 2009 by fiddlerdan.
This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.
Also known as La Marche De 'Quêteux' Pomerleau, La Marche De Thomas 'Quetêux' Pomerleau, Marche De 'Quêteux' Pomerleau.
X: 1
T: Beggar Thomas Pomerleau's March
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
|:(3(D/E/F/|G)AFD|(3(E/F/E/) D/^C/ D(3(D/E/F/|G)AGB|
G/A/B/(G/ D)(3(D/E/F/|G)AFD|(3(E/F/E/) D/^C/ D(3(D/E/F/|G)AGB|[G3B3]:|
|:(A/B/|c)cBB|(3(B/c/B/) A/G/ F/G/A/B/|A(3(D/E/F/) GA|(3(B/c/B/) A/G/ A>(B|
c)cBB|(3(B/c/B/) A/G/ F/G/A/B/|A(3(D/E/F/ G)B|1[G3B3]:|2G/A/B/(G/ D)|]
Marche De 'Quêteux' Pomerleau
I learned this tune at a workshop from from the playing of Laurie Riven at Camp Harmony, in 1996.
Laurie heard it on a record by Les Frères Labri called, “Quand l'vent vire de côte...”
A brief history of the tune can be found here under MARCHE DE QUÊTEUX POMERLEAU:
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MARA_MARO.htm
Laurie plays with her band QuébecQuasi, on cut #11 on the Bay Area Contra Dance Society's
sampler CD “ Swinging on the Gate”:
http://www.bacds.org/events/SOTG/SOTGtunes.html
# Posted on December 19th 2009 by fiddlerdan
Marche De 'Quêteux' Pomerleau
It's actually a march, but I could only get the meter (2/4) I wanted by entering it as a polka.
# Posted on December 19th 2009 by fiddlerdan
Marche De 'Quêteux' Pomerleau
Oh yeah,
did I mention it's a really FUN tune to play? It just drips with
happy.
# Posted on December 19th 2009 by fiddlerdan
Beggar Thomas Pomerleau's March
The midi playback is a little fast; Q:around 108 works better for dancing.
# Posted on December 19th 2009 by fiddlerdan
Definitely a slow march, not a polka
Yes, the midi is very fast compared to the usual tempo we have heard. It is a slow, restrained march when played at most sessions we've attended.
Not to be confused with the crooked Marche de Thomas Pomerleau - another great tune.
# Posted on December 19th 2009 by vonnieestes
The soundfile version is better than the score for once: It gives a flavour of what a music in the flesh can do!
'Quêteux' is undoubtedly a beggar here, but did you know that there is no French word for 'busker'? 'Busking' is "faire la manche", in French, which translates as ''show or fill one's sleave'. In other words, begging: not busking!
# Posted on January 21st 2010 by birlibirdie
Marche du queteux Pomerleau
On You Tube -
A slow version for learning the tune by ear, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYqhK1zDRi0
A faster version at normal speed, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAzr99n9Eus
# Posted on March 6th 2011 by JNW