Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on December 23rd 2009 by Cheakamus.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Reel De Mme Renault
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
D2 |: G2 BG dGBG | DGBd ~g2 fg | eAcA eAcA | ABcd efge |
G2 BG dGBG | DGBd ~g2 fg | afge fdec |1 ABcd efge :|2 ABcd edBd ||
|: ~g2 fg dgBg | dgba gfed | eaga eaga | ecaf gfed |
~g2 fg dgBg | dgba gf ((3efg) | afge fdec |1 ABcd edBd :|2 ABcd efge ||
Reel de Mme Renault
Transcribed from a 1928 recording by Joseph Allard available at http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone-bin/Main/ItemDisplay?l=0&l_ef_l=-1&v=1&lvl=1&coll=24&itm=31386542
# Posted on December 23rd 2009 by Cheakamus
Reel de Mme Renault
A great quebecoise tune, composed and played by a master.
You can directly access Allard's recording via this link: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/m2/f7/12544.mp3
I think to get the style of this music it is essential to listen to the recording, and any others by him or his modern musical descendants.
This music has a real punchy feel and rhythm to it, and - what is characteristic of the style - the fairly intricate foot tapping that goes with it. You need to see the music performed live in order to see how the foot tapping is done. A couple of years ago I attended a workshop on French-Canadian music, and even then I couldn't really pick it up - but then I've never been a natural foot-tapper.
A separate point about Allard's 1928 recording - the strong string tone from his fiddle. He would have been using gut strings at that time, except possibly the E, but even then many players preferred to use a gut E. Until you've tried a gut E you don't know what you're missing!
# Posted on December 24th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
Here is Carignan playing that tune ( N.B. Carignan was a student of Jos Allard) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taZp-knftg
# Posted on December 31st 2009 by Dr.Carabus