Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on October 19th 2007 by Trevor Jennings.
This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.
Also known as Le Capitaine Du 22è Régiment.
X: 1
T: Captain Of The 22nd Regiment, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmin
B,2DF B2Bd | ccAc BBdf | b3b a2fa | gg =eg f2df | =eec_e ddBd |[M:3/2] cBAG FDEC DB,DF |
[M:4/4] B2Bd c2Ac | BBdf bfdf | gBbB a2fa |1 gf=ec B2FD :|2 gf=ec B2dc ||
|:[M:3/2] BG (3GGG DGBG dGBG | [M:4/4] FcAF cFAF | CFAF cFAc |
BAGA BABc |1 [M:3/2] dBBA BGAF G2dc :|2 [M:3/2] dBBA BGAF G2FD ||
Le Capitaine du 22è Régiment (The Captain of the 22nd Regiment)
Another excellent broken rhythm reel from Quebec. This one follows on from, and makes a good set with, the tune “Cédulie” (tune #7879) that I posted yesterday. The composer was a French-Canadian fiddle-player Louis Boudreault (1905-1988), and more details are in my comments on “Cédulie”.
This tune is posted as being in G minor. Perhaps it should be in B-flat, but that option isn’t available for posted tunes here. Anyway, G minor is actually suitable because the B-part starts in that key and the tune can easily be arranged in the final bar to finish in G minor if so desired.
The bar structure of this tune is unusual for those used to the “standard” 8+8 bar format. Here, the A-part has 10 bars, and the B-art has 5, both with a mixture of time signatures.
The E-nat in the last bar of the A-part (both in the 1st and 2nd time bars) may seem unusual to some players, who may perhaps feel inclined to change it to E-flat, but I think that would quite spoil the mischievous and quirky melodic structure of this tune.
# Posted on October 19th 2007 by Trevor Jennings
Beautiful piece, just like Cédulie. Keep 'em comin', mate!
# Posted on October 19th 2007 by Mario
The Captain of the 22nd Regiment
An mp3 of this tune can be downloaded from this webpage:
http://tradquebec.over-blog.com/categorie-1078430.html
# Posted on October 20th 2007 by Trevor Jennings
The Captain of the 22nd Regiment
A direct link to the mp3 download is
http://www.archive-host2.com/membres/up/1369506393/newbatchfin2007/capitainedu22eregiment.mp3
# Posted on October 20th 2007 by Trevor Jennings