Hangman's

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on April 5th 2007 by Da Leeans Lass.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Also known as Fandens Polsdans, Hanged Man`s, Reel Du Pendu.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Barachois by Barachois
• 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
• Party Acadien by Eddy Arsenault Et Famille, Anastasia DesRoches, Louise Arsenault
• Phantom Power by Phantom Power
• Shane Cook by Shane Cook
• The Gathering by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Hangman's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
A,AAB c2 cc|c2 cB ABcA|EAAc BABc|dcBA cAAB|
c2 cc c2 cB|ABcA EAAc|BBGB A2 A2:|
A,AAB c2 cc|BABd c2 c2|A,AAB c2 cc|BBGB A2 A2:|
e2 c2 A2 ee|eccc BcAc|e2 c2 A2 ee|eccc BcBa:|
B2 z2 B2 BB|BBGB AGAc|B2 GB BBGB|1 BBGB A4:|2 BBGB A2||
cAEA,|A2 BABd c2|A2 A2 cAEA,|A,2 E2 A2|BABc A2:|

Hangmans Reel

This tune has kept me amused over the years. I still find it tricky to play, especially the plucked string bit. Never quite figured out how to do that. Perhaps, some one will show me some day.
Occasionally, I come close to making it sound right with the fiddle tuned to A E A C#.
I first heard it played by the french canadian fiddler, Jean Carignan on a vinyl recording and became hooked on his wild style of playing.
http://www.udenap.org/groupe_de_pages_06/reel_du_pendu.htm
Aly Bain plays a very good version which can be heard on the Kennedy Centre Website
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=ALYBAIN
Also, heard it called 'Le reel de pendu', which to my ears sounds the same as the 'Hangmans Reel'.
A fiddle player from Canada called Chris Ricker had a really good version free to download from his website, although I no longer think it's available.
John Kirk plays a nice old timey version in straight tuning on his website.
http://www.johnandtrish.com/sounds.html
Don't shoot the messenger.

# Posted on April 9th 2007 by peakfiddler

Reel du pendu

Yep, You need to be "scordaturated" to play this one. Here is a version posted earlier:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2528

Carignan's rendition is crazy indeed, I have seen him play it on the documentary recorded by Office Nationale du Film du Canada in 1975

# Posted on April 10th 2007 by Carabus

Hangman's Reel

This tune is played as a pols in Norway, in the A-E-A-C# tuning, complete with the pizzicato, under the name of "Fandens polsdans" or "The Devil's Pols Dance". It seems to have originated in Nord-Østerdalen and is played on both hardingfele and flat fiddle. Aly Bain acknowledges this too.

# Posted on September 9th 2007 by Weejie