Annotation:Reel de Ste-Blandine (2)

Find traditional instrumental music
Revision as of 01:21, 14 July 2017 by Andrew (talk | contribs)

X:1 T:Galop de Ste-Balndine T:Reel de Ste-Blandine [2] T:Quadrille de Québec 5ième partie S:Isidore Soucy M:C| L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Steve Fry K:G D2|:"G"g2 gf gfed|"D"e f2 f {g}fede|e f2 f {g}fedf|1-3 "G"gfga g2D2:|4 "G"gfga g2d2|| |:"C"c2f2g2a2|"G"b3 b3 ag|"D7"a3a3 gf|"G"gfga "G7"g2dd| "C"e2f2g2a2|"G"b3 b3 ag|"D7"a3a3 gf|1 "G"gfga g2d2:|2 "G"gfga ~g2 Bc|| |:"G"d2 dc BcdB|GABG D2 GG|"D7"FGAB cAFA|"G"GABc d2 Bc| dedc BcdB|GABG D2 GG|"D7"FGAB cAFA|1 "G"GBAF G2 Bc:|2 "G"GBAF G2D2||



REEL DE STE-BLANDINE [2]. AKA and see “Quadrille de Québec 5e partie.” French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). From the repertoire of Montréal fiddler Isidore Soucy (1899-1962). The reel is the 5th part of a quadrille named for his home town of Ste-Blandine, near Rimouski, Québec. Soucy recorded the entire "Quadrille de Québec" two separate times on 78 RPM, in 1926 and 1932. However the fifth part of the his "Quadrille de Québec (Quebec quadrille: fig. 5, AKA "Reel de Ste-Blandine" is different on each of the recordings. "Reel de Ste-Blandine (2)" is from the 1936 recording, while "Reel de Ste-Blandine (3)" is from the 1926 recording.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Hart & Sandell (Danse ce soir), 2001; No. 76, p. 111.

Recorded sources: - “Isidore Soucy: Héritage Québécois.”

See also listing at:



Back to Reel de Ste-Blandine (2)