Reel Du Pendu

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 19th 2004 by NickPhelan.

This tune has been added to 34 tunebooks.

Also known as Hanged Man's, The Hanged Man's, Hangman's, The Hangman's, Hangmans, Le Reel Du Pendu, Reel Du Bourreau, Reel Du Pendu.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Barachois by Barachois
• Far From Home by Boys Of The Lough
• First Album by Aly Bain
• French Canadian, Irish And Scottish Fiddle Music by Jean Carignan
• Fully Rigged by Aly Bain And Ale Möller
• Laebrack by Catriona McKay And Chris Stout
• Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
• Party Acadien by Eddy Arsenault Et Famille, Anastasia DesRoches, Louise Arsenault
• Phantom Power by Phantom Power
• Shane Cook by Shane Cook
• Shatter The Calm by Dan Beimborn
• The Gathering by Various Artists
• The Greystone Ramblers by Greystone Ramblers
• The Legendary Down Home Recordings by Various Artists
• This Side Up by Tania Elizabeth
• Wired Up by Alistair McCulloch
• Zoe Conway by Zoe Conway
• Zoe Conway Live DVD by Zoe Conway

X: 1
T: Reel Du Pendu
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:"G"DEGA B2B2|BcBA B2B2|DEGA B2B2|"D7"ABAF "G"G2G2:|
|:"D7"A/2A/2AA2 A/2A/2AA2|A/2A/2AB2 c2B2|A/2A/2AB2 c2B2|A2F2 "G"G4:|
|:"G"DB,CD "C"ECDE|"G"DCB,G, "D7"A,2A,2|"G"DB,CD "C"ECDE|"D7"DCB,A, "G"G,2G,2:|
|:z4 B2B2|BcBA Bz3|z4 B2B2|ABAF G z3:|

translated as "reel of the hanged", the legend behind this tune is quite interesting. If a man condemned to death by hanging could pick up a fiddle whilst he stood on the gallows and could play this tune from ear, he would be allowed to go free. Ornamentation is interesting to find for this reel. heard it when i was in donegal of all places.

# Posted on February 19th 2004 by NickPhelan

Reel du pendu - reel du cordonnier

I've heard this as an arcadian tune. It works well with reel du cordonnier, whihc is the hang mans reel.

# Posted on September 9th 2004 by weefreefidler

I seem to remember Aly Bain playing this as the opening music to a TV programme in the 1980's; stunning!

# Posted on July 12th 2005 by prouse

The first time I saw the Boys of the Lough in person, Aly played this. He was in absolutely top form and when he finished, the entire audience instantly leapt to our feet and went berserk. It was a peak experience.

# Posted on July 12th 2005 by Bob himself

Reel du Pendu

You can listen to this tune played by the French-Canadian fiddler Jean Carignan on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ONSE1nn64
There's no video, unfortunately, but the music is accompanied by old stills of the player with explanatory text in French.
There's also a more expanded and detailed dots version in scordatura tuning in the Fiddler's Fakebook.

# Posted on October 7th 2006 by lazyhound

You can hear several old recordings of traditional fiddlers playing Reel du pendu at http://www.udenap.org/groupe_de_pages_06/reel_du_pendu.htm

Jean Carignan's version is fantastic. All of the versions shown appear to be in A major.

# Posted on January 16th 2007 by treecipitation

So is this a French tune or an Irish tune?

# Posted on August 24th 2009 by CPWW

French-Canadian, I always thought. Definitely not Irish.

# Posted on August 24th 2009 by Kenny

Nice version here, Chris Stout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_KIpJyYnHg

# Posted on September 20th 2009 by T