Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on December 15th 2005 by jdicarlo.
This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: La Contredanse
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
DD | GBAG BGDG | BBAF G2DD | GBAG BGDG | BBAF G2DD |
GBAG BGDG | GBAG BGAB |\
M:6/4
Bc (3ccc AFAF DFAF |
M: 4/4
DEFG ABc2 |1 BcAF G2 :|2 BcAF GABc ||
M:6/4
d3d BGBd g3g |\
M: 4/4
ecec A2AB |\
M:6/4
Bc (3ccc Bced cBAc |\
M: 4/4
BdBG GABc |
M:6/4
d3d BGBd g3g |\
M: 4/4
ecec A2AB | BccB cedc |1 BdBG GABc :|2 BdBG G2 ||
Crooked Quebec tune
This lovely tune comes from the repetoire of Louis Pitou Boudreault from the Saguenay region of Quebec. I learned it from Guy Bouchard at the Fiddle Tunes festival in Port Townsend Washington.
# Posted on December 15th 2005 by jdicarlo
C Supernatural?
The c's in the 2nd and 6th measures of the B part are sometimes played as c#'s. I've heard that some fiddlers play a note that sits almost exactly half-way between c natural and c# in this case. Folks I met in Washington call this note c-supernatural.
# Posted on December 15th 2005 by jdicarlo
Contradanse speed
How fast would something like this usually be played?
# Posted on December 15th 2005 by domnull
On the web
It goes reasonably fast. I'd call it "reel-time." It's definitely meant for dancing. You can find a recording of it by the band genticorum on their website:
http://www.genticorum.com/mp3/rond-point.mp3
They switch to La Contredanse at about 1:48. Enjoy!
# Posted on December 15th 2005 by jdicarlo
Crooked Tunes
This tune can also be found on Airs Tordus by Les Tetes de Violon, who are Guy Bouchard ,Kevin Carr ,Judy Lipnick, Barbara Mendelsohn,Greg Raskin,Laurie Rivin,and Laura Sadowsky, and its probably the best version out there! If you like crooked tunes from Quebec, get this CD with no regrets.
# Posted on December 16th 2005 by mandobrynley
Contradanse speed
Jim - sorry - I live in the UK!
What does a speed of "1:48" translate to in, say, crotchets per minute?
# Posted on December 16th 2005 by domnull
1:48 means that when you play the mp3 go to the 1 minute and 48 second mark if you want to hear the tune. You have minutes and seconds in the UK, right?
# Posted on December 17th 2005 by jdicarlo
Oops!
sorry, I was being dumb!
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by domnull
Other locations
There's also an excellent version of La Contredance on Cutting & Wood,s CASTAGNARI c.d.
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by dubblestop