Bedeau de l'enfer (Le)

X:1
T:Bedeau de l'enfer, Le
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Fiddler Pascal Gemme (of the group Genticorum) http://tradquebec.over-blog.com/archive-2-2007.html 
K:Gdor
A/||:[E/=B/]E/(3E/E/E/ B/E/d/E/|=B/E/(3E/E/E/ B/E/d/E/|=B/E/B/E/ [F2c2]|A/F/(3F/F/F/ A/F/c/F/|
A/F/(3F/F/F/ A/F/c/F/|1\ 
M:3/4
L:1/8
A/d/c/A/ B/c/B/A/ [G,G]A:|2 A/d/c/A/ B/c/B/A/ G/^F/G/A/|\
M:2/4
L:1/8
BB/A/ B/d/e/d/|
M:3/4
L:1/8
c/d/c/A/ B/c/B/A/ G>G||Gg/a/ g/^f/g/a/ g<d|ff/e/ f/a/=b/a/ g/a/g/A/|
M:2/4
L:1/8
B/c/B/A/ G/^F/G/A/|BB/A/ B/d/e/d/|1 
M:3/4
L:1/8
c/d/c/A/ B/c/B/A/ G>G:|2 c/d/c/A/ B/c/B/A/ G>A||

X:1
T:Bedeau de l'enfer, Le
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:Transcribed by Steve Fry
K:C
|:"Em" E2 (3GGG BE dE|\
M:6/4
L:1/8
BG (3GGG BE dE BE dE|\
M:2/4
L:1/8
"F" [F4c4]|
M:4/4
L:1/8
AF (3FFF AF cF|A2 (3FFF AF cF|AdcA "Bb"_Bc BA|
M:2/4
L:1/8
|1 "Gm"G4:|2 "Gm" G^FGA||\
M:4/4
L:1/8
"Bb"_Bc BA Bd ec|"Am" ce cA "Bb"_Bc BA|
"Gm"gb ge "Bb"_Bc BA|"Gm"G^F GA "Bb"_Bc BA|
M:6/4
L:1/8
_Bd ec "C"ce cA "Bb"_Bc BA|1\
M:4/4
L:1/8
"Gm"G3 G G2 ga:|2 "Gm"G4||

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BEDEAU DE l'ENFER, LE. French-Canadian, Reel. C Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' tune. Guy Bouchard relates the story that Landry's source, itinerant fiddler Thomas "Queteaux" Pomerleau, once had to promise a priest he would discard his fiddle in his wood stove, in order to receive absolution. Pomerleau did, and, having received the rite, pulled his instrument out once more having taken the precaution of never lighting the stove in the first place!

Printed source: Remon & Bouchard (25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 1: Québec Fiddle Tunes), 1996; No. 13.

Source for notated version in print: Henri Landry (Pontbriand, Québec, near Thetford Mines), who learned the tune around 1970 from Thomas Pomerleau [Remon & Bouchard].

Recorded source: 30 Below TB 001CD, Les têtes de violon (Bouchard et al) - "Airs Tordus/Crooked Tunes" (1998).

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