Annotation:Festival Reel (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
FESTIVAL REEL [1]. Canadian, Reel. D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the late Newfoundland fiddler Emile Benoit (1913-1992), an influential musician on the island. Benoit was born and raised in Black Duck Brook, on the Port-au-Port peninsula of Newfoundland, and was a self-described jack-of-all-trades. He played for many of Canada's major festivals, and toured with Newfoundland group Figgy Duff.
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Recorded sources: Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Emile Benoit - "Atlantic Fiddles" (1994).