Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on February 4th 2007 by JACKB.
This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.
Also known as French Canadian Set, La Cardeuse Et Le Grand Triomphe.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: La Cardeuse
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: B2 BB B2 GB | dedB cdcB | AGFG A2 AA | dedc BAGA |
B2 BB B2 GB | dedB cdcB | AGFG A2 AA | d2 F2 G4 :|
|: dcBc d2 g2 | d2 g2 d2 g2 | D2 AB cBAB |c2 a2 c2 a2 |A2 A2 D2 Bc |
dcBc d2 g2 | d2 g2 d2 g2 | D2 AB cBAB | c2 a2 g2 f2 | g2 g2 g4 :|
|: d2 ef g2 fe | d2 ef g2 B2 | c2 B2 AGAc | B2 G2 G2 G2 |
d2 ef g2 fe | d2 ef g2 B2 | c2 B2 AGAc | B2 G2 G2 G2 ||
|: BcBA GGBG | FFAF GFGA | BcBA G2 g2 | fdef g2 B2 |
BcBA GGBG | FFAF GFGA | BcBA G2 g2 | fdef g2 B2 ||
|: DEGA B2 AG | A2 B2 c2 c2 | Bcdc B2 AB | cBAF G2 E2 |
DEGA B2 AG | A2 B2 c2 c2 | Bcdc B2 AB | cBAF G2 G2 ||
La Cardeuse
This is a tune I picked up from the first Patrick Street CD, which was a brilliant CD even the songs were good. I think it is French Canadian, and was played by Jacki Daly on the CD.
# Posted on February 4th 2007 by JACKB
"La Cardeuse et le Grand Triomphe"
"The Fiddler's Companion" ~ Andrew Kuntz
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/CAR_CASU.htm
"A cardeuse refers to the person who performs the task of carding wool, straightening it between wire brushes in preparation for spinning. La Cardeuse is supposedly a dance from the St. Jean region of France, brought to the New World by French immigrants to Québec. The step-dance La Cardeuse is from the Saguenay region of Quebéc, and imitates the carding of wool, according to Hart & Sandell, giving rise to the title. Guy Bouchard notes that, while this ‘crooked’ tune was quite popular in the past, modern fiddlers seem to have forgotten it."
# Posted on February 4th 2007 by ceolachan
Ceolachan your knowledge astounds me.
# Posted on February 5th 2007 by JACKB
Don't credit me with too much, the above is as the source is given, a cut-and-paste ~ but I do know what a Cardeuse is and about the dance... I'm surprised my memory worked as quickly as it did. It usually fails me, but I love and respect wool crafts and French Canadian music and dance...
I have heard a slightly different take on the tune than this transcription but it isn't a tune I've ever had at hand...
# Posted on February 5th 2007 by ceolachan
By the way, your versions of tunes are very welcome...
# Posted on February 5th 2007 by ceolachan
2 tunes, not one ?
I've heard from a few people that this is 2 tunes, maybe "le grand triomphe" is the name for parts CD and E.
Since the pattern I've heard On Patrick St's and also on Andy Cutting/Chris Woods' "Live at sidmouth" album, goes ABABA then CDECDE, and then returns to the A and B.
Cutting and woods take it at a more sedate pace than Patrick St, which is worth a listen.
# Posted on February 5th 2007 by Fliúiteadóir
Yes, a 'set' for the dance...
# Posted on February 5th 2007 by ceolachan
Trente sous Zero
If you are interested in crooked tunes from Quebec, try this link.
http://www.trentesouszero.com/
This company makes available the dots and music for learning these wonderfully Unique tunes from Quebec. La Cardeuse is in volume II of:
"Airs Tordus, Crooked Tunes, Airs de Violon du Quebec Fiddle Tunes." The two books are very small/thin and there is a companion CD available as well.
Nicely done!
Deb
# Posted on February 5th 2007 by debzone
Martin Carthy has a nice Guitar arrangemant of this tune. I've also heard it played in 1997 by a young Finnish band, Pocadan, http://www.pocadan.fi/index.php?sivu=musiikki&lng=en
who played an assortment, of Finnish, Irish, French and Quebecois tunes in a nice relaxed, swinging style.
# Posted on February 5th 2007 by ragaman
Order of this tune
What is the correct 'traditional' way of playing this tune? Is each section A, B, C, D, E repeated in order, or is there another order. I understand that this is a "set tune". Any information would be extremely helpful.
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by accordionwiz