Annotation:Reel de la tuque bleue

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X:1 T:Reel de la tuque bleue S:Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal, Que.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Victor 263674A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1931) F:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/12779.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:F f2cf a2gf|eceg bg/g/g-e|f2cf fagf|edcB A<F-F2e-| f2 cf fagf|eceg bg/g/g-e|f2cf fagf|ed(c/4d/4c/)B A<F-F2|| c|A<Fc2 A<F GA|B<G d2 BGGB|A<Fc2 A<F GA|B-dcB AFFc| A<Fc2 A<F GA|B<G d2 BGGB|A<Fc2 A<F GA|B-dcB AFFe-||


REEL DE (LA) TUQUE BLEUE. AKA and see "Blue Cap Reel," "Quadrille des bûcherons: 6ème figure," "Showshoer (The)," “Tuque Bleue.” French-Canadian, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Carlin): AA'BB' (Begin, Cuillerier). "Reel de la tuque bleue" is a variant of Francis O'Neill's "Blue Garters (The)," a reel from the repertoire of Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo. According to Anne Lederman (entry on “Fiddling”, Encylcopedia of Music in Canada, 1992), Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard’s (1865-1947) version of this tune, recorded in 1930, became popular in English-speaking Canada as “Snowshoe Reel/Snowshoer's Reel (1) (The).” However, Allard's version is predated by Montreal fiddler J.O. LaMadeleine who had recorded a slightly 'crooked' (irregular meter) version in 1928 under the title "Quadrille des bûcherons: 6ème figure."

Quebec fiddler Pascal Gemme remarks in his blog entry on the tune, the reel "is the only tune in 'F' that's left in the general repertoire of [Québécois] square tunes." See also note for “annotation:Tuque Bleue.”
Joseph Allard



Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 6, p. 20. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 70, p. 49. Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 16. Jean Duval (La Musique de Jospeh Allard 1973-1947), 2018; No. 41, p. 21. Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 210.

Recorded sources: -Philo 2022, Louis Beaudoin - "Beaudoin Family" (1976). Victor 263674-a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1930).

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Joseph Allard's 1930 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [3] and at youtube.com [4]
See Pascal Gemme's blog entry and standard notation transcription [5]


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