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|f_annotation='''REEL DU BRAE, LA''' (The Brae Reel). Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was popularized on PEI by fiddler Alfred "Eddy" Arsenault (1921-2014). Arsenault was a carpenter and fisherman born in St. Chrysostome in the Evangéline (Acadian) region of Prince Edward Island. He worked as a lobster fisherman for forty years on Egmont Bay, which fittingly became the title of his first album ("Egmont Baie"). | |f_annotation='''REEL DU BRAE, LA''' (The Brae Reel). Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was popularized on PEI by fiddler Alfred "Eddy" Arsenault (1921-2014). Arsenault was a carpenter and fisherman born in St. Chrysostome in the Evangéline (Acadian) region of Prince Edward Island. He worked as a lobster fisherman for forty years on Egmont Bay, which fittingly became the title of his first album ("Egmont Baie"). | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Learned by Edward P. Arsenault (b. 1938, Wellington, East Prince County, PEI) from fiddler Preston MacKinnon who lived in a Prince County district called The Brae [Perlman]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Learned by Edward P. Arsenault (b. 1938, Wellington, East Prince County, PEI) from fiddler Preston MacKinnon who lived in a Prince County district called The Brae [Perlman]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 84. | |f_printed_sources=Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 84. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Eddy Arsenault - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994). Great Meadow Music GMM 2002, Rodney Miller & David Surette – “New Leaf” (2000. Appears as “The Brae Reel”). House Party Productions HPP 1, Eddy Arsenault - “Piling on the Bois Sec” (1993). | |f_recorded_sources=Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Eddy Arsenault - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994). Great Meadow Music GMM 2002, Rodney Miller & David Surette – “New Leaf” (2000. Appears as “The Brae Reel”). House Party Productions HPP 1, Eddy Arsenault - “Piling on the Bois Sec” (1993). | ||
Les Productions De L'Ile – ILE 1001, Eddy Arsenault - "Egmont Baie" (1981). Rounder CD 7014, Eddy Arsenault – “Fiddlers of Western Prince Edward Island” (1997). CA-010-09, Chuck & Albert (Arsenault) - "Énergie". Rounder CD 7016, The Robichaud Brothers - "The Slippery Stick" (1996). | Les Productions De L'Ile – ILE 1001, Eddy Arsenault - "Egmont Baie" (1981). Rounder CD 7014, Eddy Arsenault – “Fiddlers of Western Prince Edward Island” (1997). CA-010-09, Chuck & Albert (Arsenault) - "Énergie". Rounder CD 7016, The Robichaud Brothers - "The Slippery Stick" (1996). Frank Ferrel - "Maritime Melodies" (2016. 2nd tune in "Acadian Reels" set. Ferrel first heard the tune from Acadian fiddler Gerry Robichaud). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t905.html]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t905.html]<br> | ||
Hear field recordings of Eddy Arsenault playing the tune at Dances Down Home [https://bowingdownhome.ca/islandora/object/bdh%3A842] | Hear field recordings of Eddy Arsenault playing the tune at Dances Down Home [https://bowingdownhome.ca/islandora/object/bdh%3A842] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:20, 7 March 2024
X: 1 T: reel du Brae C: R-125 M: C| Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack R: reel P: A Dorian K: ADor "Am"A,B,CD EA,A,G,| A,B,CD EA,A,D| "Em"EFGA BG"D"Ad| "G"BGdG eGdG| "Am"A,B,CD EA,A,G,| A,B,CD EA,A,D| "Em"EFGA BA"C"Gc| "G"BAGB "Am"A2A2 :| |:\ "Am"eaab agea| gabg abef| "G"gage degd| egdB cABG| "Am"eaab agea| gabg abef| "C"gage "G"dBGB| cABG "Am"A2AA :| %%text 9/1/98
REEL DU BRAE, LA (The Brae Reel). Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was popularized on PEI by fiddler Alfred "Eddy" Arsenault (1921-2014). Arsenault was a carpenter and fisherman born in St. Chrysostome in the Evangéline (Acadian) region of Prince Edward Island. He worked as a lobster fisherman for forty years on Egmont Bay, which fittingly became the title of his first album ("Egmont Baie").
