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Theme code Index	3326L 5L363
Also known as	Reel de l'Aveugle, Reel of the Blindmen
Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Down-East/Maritime, Québécios/Acadian"Québécios/Acadian" is not in the list (Bluegrass, Cape Breton/PEI, Cajun/Creole, Contest, Contra, Down-East/Maritime, English, Guachi, Irish, Metis, ...) of allowed values for the "Has genre" property.
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	Canada/Québec"Canada/Québec" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property., Canada/Ottawa Valley/Ontario"Canada/Ottawa Valley/Ontario" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Will Welling
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Welling's Hartford Tunebook
Tune and/or Page number	p. 1
Year of publication/Date of MS	1976
Artist	Jean Carignan
Title of recording	Jean Carignan
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Philo 2001
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BLIND MAN'S REEL [1] (Reel de l'Aveugle). AKA and see "Reel of the Blindmen." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Welling's version features irregular measure at ends of 'A' and 'B' parts as well as double-tonic tonality. The tune was recorded in the 1920's on a 78 RPM disc by Québecois fiddler Joseph Allard.

Sources for notated versions: Gretchen Koehler [Phillips]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin].

Printed sources: Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 51, pg. 60. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 133, pg. 54. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 29. Welling (Welling's Hartford Tunebook), 1976; pg. 1.

Recorded sources: Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan."

X:1
T:Blind Man's Reel [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Caremelle Begin - from a transcription of Ontario fiddler Dawson Girdwood
K:D
A2 zG |: FD (3DDD (ED)B,G, | A,>DF>(A B>A)F>D | C>EG>(B c>B)A>G| 
F>Ad>(e f>d)A>G | F2 (3DDD E>DB,>G, | A,>DF>(A BA)FD |
C>EG>B c(BA>G |1 F>(dA>F D2 A>G:|2 F>(dA>F D2 d>e ||
|: f>dA>c d>A(F>A) | B/B/AG>B e>dc>B | A>cd>e f>dg>f |
e>cd>f e>cd>e| f>dA>c d>A(FA) | B/B/AG>B e>dc>B|
A>fe>d c>AB>c|1 d2 ({e/}d>)c [D3d3]e :|2 d>ed>c d2 A>G ||

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-''Printed sources: Begin ('''Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood'''), 1985; No. 51, pg. 60. Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 133, pg. 54. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes'''), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 29. Welling ('''Welling's Hartford Tunebook'''), 1976; pg. 1.
+''Printed sources'': Begin ('''Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood'''), 1985; No. 51, pg. 60. Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 133, pg. 54. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes'''), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 29. Welling ('''Welling's Hartford Tunebook'''), 1976; pg. 1.
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