Archie Menzie's

reel

Key signature: Fmajor

Submitted on September 14th 2010 by Theirlandais.

This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.

Also known as Archie Menzies, Arichie Menzies, Rêve Du Queteux Tremblay.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Classic Cuts by Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald
• Fit As A Fiddle by Natalie MacMaster
• In Jig Time! by Brenda Stubbert
• Le Violon by Graham Townsend
• Live At West Mabou Hall by Howie MacDonald, Dave MacIsaac And Mac Morin
• Major Third by 422
• Mike MacDougall's Tape For Father Hector by Mike MacDougall
• The Dances Down Home by Joe Cormier
• The Willie Hunter Sessions by Willie Hunter And Violet Tulloch
• Tommy Basker: The Tin Sandwich by Tommy Basker
• Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 2: The Rovers Return by Various Artists
• Traditional Music From Clare And Beyond by Gearoid O HAllmhurain
• When Here Meets There by Troy MacGillivray And Shane Cook

X: 1
T: Archie Menzie's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
|:FE|~F CF AFEF|Acde fcA^F|G2DG BGDG|(3Bcd ef gdBG|!
~F CF AFCF|Acde fcAF|BdGB AcFA|GECE F2:|
|:fe|ffcf afef|cfag fed^f|g2 dg bg^fg|dgba gfed|!
f2 cf afef|cfag fedc|BdGB AcFA|GECE F2:|

Additional info

Here two recordings of the tune on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPxV8LIBeJU second tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M8bnuf9KK0 third tune

Thanks to Fiddle4 (Jim) for providing this...

# Posted on September 14th 2010 by Theirlandais

Archie Menzies

X: 1
T: Archie Menzies
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
FE | ~F2 CF AFEF | Acde fcA^F | G2 DG BGDG | (3Bcd ef gdBG |
~F2 CF AFCF | Acde fcAF | BdGB AcFA | GECE F2 :|
fe | ffcf afef | cfag fed^f | g2 dg bg^fg | dgba gfed |
f2 cf afef | cfag fedc | BdGB AcFA |GECE F2 :|

# Posted on September 14th 2010 by nigelg

A very slightly different take (cobbled together from several different players):

X: 1
T: Archie Menzies
C: John Lowe
M: C|
L: 1/8
Q: 1/2=112
K: F
FE|F2CF AFCF|Acde fcAF|G2DG BGDG|Bdef gecA|
F2CF AFCF|Acde fcAc|B/c/dGB A/B/cFA|GECE F2:|
fe|f2cf afef|cfag fed^f|g2dg bgfg|dgba gfeg|
f2cf afef|cfag fedc|B/c/dGB A/B/cFA|GECE F2:|

Note in particular the end of the fourth bar.
I've also heard the fourth bar played |gfed cBAG| on the repeat.

# Posted on September 15th 2010 by DonaldK

Oops! Forgot to sharpen the F# in the third bar of the B part:

fe|f2cf afef|cfag fed^f|g2dg bg^fg|dgba gfeg|.

# Posted on September 15th 2010 by DonaldK

Popularised in Cape Breton by Winston Fitzgerald, I would presume. It's been recorded there well over a dozen times.

# Posted on September 15th 2010 by DonaldK

On the Natalie MacMaster clip, she follows Archie Menzies with Reichswall Forest. Elmer Briand did the same and in Sandy MacIntyre's book Reichswall Forest is immediately after Archie Menzies.
However, a more common F tune to follow is Fisher's.

# Posted on September 15th 2010 by DonaldK