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'''GASPÉ REEL [1]''' (Reel de Gaspé). AKA and see "Apex Reel." French-Canadian, Reel; New England, Polka. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & A Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Miller & Perron, Sweet, Welling): AA'BB' (Phillips): AABBCCBB (Brody): AA'BB'CA"A"'B"B"' (Begin). Named for Québec's picturesque Gaspé Peninsula, which forms the east bank of the St. Lawrence River as it spills into the Atlantic. The 'C' part is actually a strain of "Money Musk." Louis Beaudoin (Burlington, Vt.) learned the first two parts of the tune from a friend named Joe Danis, but heard the three-part version from Fortuna Vachon (Thetford Mines, Québec), and added the third ("Money Musk | '''GASPÉ REEL [1]''' (Reel de Gaspé). AKA and see "Apex Reel." French-Canadian, Reel; New England, Polka. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & A Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Miller & Perron, Sweet, Welling): AA'BB' (Phillips): AABBCCBB (Brody): AA'BB'CA"A"'B"B"' (Begin). Named for Québec's picturesque Gaspé Peninsula, which forms the east bank of the St. Lawrence River as it spills into the Atlantic. The 'C' part is actually a strain of "[[Money Musk]]." Louis Beaudoin (Burlington, Vt.) learned the first two parts of the tune from a friend named Joe Danis, but heard the three-part version from Fortuna Vachon (Thetford Mines, Québec), and added the third ("[[Money Musk]]") part. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': fiddler Pete Sutherland (Vt.) [Phillips]; Isidore Soucy via French-Canadian button accordion player Philippe Bruneau (Québec) [Begin]; accordion player Laurie Andres [Silberberg]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Bégin (Philippe Bruneau), 1993; No. 58, pg. 86. Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 116. Laufman ('''OK Ladies and Gentlemen, Lets Try a Contra'''), 1973; p. 9 (appears as "Apex Reel" {Apex is the name of a Canadian recording company, printed on the label of an otherwise unidentified version of the tune}). Miller & Perron ('''101 Polkas'''), 1978; No. 57. Miller & Perron ('''New England Fiddler's Repertoire'''), 1983; No. 155. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 94. Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; pg. 50. Sweet ('''Fifer's Delight'''), 1964/1981; p. 61. Welling ('''Hartford Tunebook'''), 1976; p. 16. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Beet 7003, "Wretched Refuse." Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars- "The Hammered Dulcimer." Kicking Mule 209, Henry Sapoznik- "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo." Philo 2000, "Louis Beaudoin" (1973. First two parts learned from fiddler Joe Danis).</font> | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
GASPÉ REEL [1] (Reel de Gaspé). AKA and see "Apex Reel." French-Canadian, Reel; New England, Polka. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & A Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Miller & Perron, Sweet, Welling): AA'BB' (Phillips): AABBCCBB (Brody): AA'BB'CA"A"'B"B"' (Begin). Named for Québec's picturesque Gaspé Peninsula, which forms the east bank of the St. Lawrence River as it spills into the Atlantic. The 'C' part is actually a strain of "Money Musk." Louis Beaudoin (Burlington, Vt.) learned the first two parts of the tune from a friend named Joe Danis, but heard the three-part version from Fortuna Vachon (Thetford Mines, Québec), and added the third ("Money Musk") part.
Source for notated version: fiddler Pete Sutherland (Vt.) [Phillips]; Isidore Soucy via French-Canadian button accordion player Philippe Bruneau (Québec) [Begin]; accordion player Laurie Andres [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Bégin (Philippe Bruneau), 1993; No. 58, pg. 86. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 116. Laufman (OK Ladies and Gentlemen, Lets Try a Contra), 1973; p. 9 (appears as "Apex Reel" {Apex is the name of a Canadian recording company, printed on the label of an otherwise unidentified version of the tune}). Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 57. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 155. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 94. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 50. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 61. Welling (Hartford Tunebook), 1976; p. 16.
Recorded sources: Beet 7003, "Wretched Refuse." Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars- "The Hammered Dulcimer." Kicking Mule 209, Henry Sapoznik- "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo." Philo 2000, "Louis Beaudoin" (1973. First two parts learned from fiddler Joe Danis).