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'''GIGUE DU SOUS-MARIN''' (Submarine Jig). French-Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. | '''GIGUE DU SOUS-MARIN''' (Submarine Jig). AKA and see "[[Reel du Dentiste]]." French-Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. It is unknown at this time whether the title refers to the undersea environment, or the boat that submerges. However, Allard's recording was released in 1942, at the height of the German 'wolf-pack' submarine war in the North Atlantic that devastated Canadian merchant marine shipping. It is a jaunty tune, and not likely to have been named for the submarines that proved so destructive. | ||
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Revision as of 03:28, 25 July 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
GIGUE DU SOUS-MARIN (Submarine Jig). AKA and see "Reel du Dentiste." French-Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. It is unknown at this time whether the title refers to the undersea environment, or the boat that submerges. However, Allard's recording was released in 1942, at the height of the German 'wolf-pack' submarine war in the North Atlantic that devastated Canadian merchant marine shipping. It is a jaunty tune, and not likely to have been named for the submarines that proved so destructive.
Source for notated version: Joseph Allard [Cuillerier].
Printed sources: Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 10.
Recorded sources: Bluebird B-1279-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1942).