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Grand Chien

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 5th 2004 by snowyowl.

This tune has been added to 34 tunebooks.

Also known as Antigonish Polka, The Grand Chain, La Grande Chaine, Le Grand Chein.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

50 Fiddle Solos by Aly Bain
Northumberland Rant by Various Artists
Paddy On The Railway by Ten Penny Bit
Shetland Dialect - Language Of The Fiddle by Various Artists
The Best Of Aly And Phil by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
The Grand Chain by Alistair Anderson
The Ruby by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Grand Chien
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GA|:B2 Bc BAGB|d2 dc BAGB|cdcB AD FA| dedc B2 GA|
B2 Bc BAGB|d2 dc BAGB|cdcB AD FA| G2 B2 G4:|
g2 gf efge|d2 dc BAGB|cdcb AD FA| dedc B4|
[1g2 gf efge|d2 dc BAGB|cdcb AD FA| dedc B4:|
[2GA|B2 Bc BAGB|d2 dc BAGB|cdcb AD FA| G2 B2 G4||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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Big dog

This tune is from Quebec and the title is Le Grand Chein which means the big dog.

# Posted on September 5th 2004 by snowyowl

LOL I think the original title was "La Grande Chaine".

# Posted on September 5th 2004 by Dr. Dow

I think Chien's a much better name though :-)

# Posted on September 5th 2004 by Dr. Dow

BTW, the B's in bars 3 and 7 of each part should be capitals - I think you might have time to edit the ABC before Jeremy converts this to sheetmusic.

# Posted on September 5th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Abc

thanx Dow

# Posted on September 6th 2004 by snowyowl

That's okay, only...
Oh never mind :-)

# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Dr. Dow

I know... :-)

# Posted on September 7th 2004 by snowyowl

Alternative version

The version of this that I play is more like this one that I found on the leeds site. I play it with lots of D and G drones.

X:413
T:la Grande Chaine
M:4/4
O:Canada
R:Reel
Z:Richard Robinson <URL:http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/contact.html>;
%%FILEURL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/RRtunes/RRtunes.abc
%%TUNEURL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/gettune/0000085c.html
%%ID:0000085c
K:G
BGAG E2D2 | BGAB cedc | BGAG E2D2 | BGAF G4::\
g2fg edBd | gedc BGGd | ! g2fg edBd | eaag fdef |\
g2fg edBd | gedc BGG2 | EFGA BcAF | G6:|

# Posted on November 2nd 2007 by tdunning

Sounds like the kid's song The big ship sails on the ally ally o.

I've also heard something like it in a Netherlands folk dance

# Posted on February 21st 2010 by Michael Sam Wild

Antigonish Polka #3

# Posted on June 12th 2011 by Weejie