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Joe Cormier's

reel

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on April 10th 2006 by domren.

This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.

Also known as Macdonald's March, McDonald's March.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Joe Cormier's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
|:AB|c2 Bc Afed|cAce agef|g2 fa geef|gedB GABG|
c2 Bc Afed|cAce agef|gedB Gfed|cABc A2:|
|:z2|ABcd efec|ABcd ge (3cBA|GABc dedB|GABc dBAG|
ABcd eaaf|geaf geef|gedB Gfed|cABc A2:|
|:z2|A2 aA AgAA|fAAe-edef|~g2 fa geef|gedB GABG|
A2 aA AgAA|fAAe-edef|gedB Gfed|cABc A2:|

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Joe Cormier's sheetmusic
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Watzat?

A Québecois (or Cape Breton?) 3 parts reel named after a fiddler. Goes well after Andy Renwick's Ferret, and before Big Mon. I think it's on a Bottine Souriante CD.

# Posted on April 10th 2006 by domren

Macdonald's march

Sometimes has a fourth part to it. Pipe tune from Cape Breton usually played by fiddlers in the key of A . Quite popular in Quebec. Maybe La Bottine got it from the playing of Joe Cormier, thus your name for it.

# Posted on April 13th 2006 by vonnieestes

McDonald's March

Hi,

Interesting, would you have the 4th part?

# Posted on April 13th 2006 by domren

McDonald's March

Had it in Laurie Indenbaum's book "Les Oiseaux dans la Cage", but loaned it to someone. I think you'll find the fourth part through JC's Tunefinder version number 129. Good tune!

# Posted on April 14th 2006 by vonnieestes

Nightingale

There's an excellent version on Nightingale's "Sometimes When the Moon is High," which is 4-part, and a slightly different setting of the other parts. Sometime I'll learn to write abc and post it.

# Posted on August 2nd 2006 by ewallace

Joe Cormier's Reel - part 4

Does anyone have the mysterious 4th part?

# Posted on September 7th 2006 by Horse Badorties

Here's the Fourth Part

Here's the fourth part, at least as I learned it from the folks in my session:

Acea ge a2 | efgb a2 ef | g2 fagd ef | gedB GABd | Acea ge a2 | efgb a2 ef | gedB GABd |
cAB c A2:|

This is one of the very few non-Irish tunes that gets played regularly in our session, and it's a dandy.

# Posted on July 26th 2007 by alec b

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