Annotation:Quatre coins de St-Malo (Les)
X:1 T:Quatres Coins de St Malo, Les S:From the playing of André a Toto Savoie (Shippagen, NB), via Devon Leger M:C| L:1/8 N:"+" = pizzicato note N:Where it says "Tap" over the rest, the fiddle is lightly tapped with the N:nut at the end of the frog with bow vertical to the fiddle (to represent N:the bed posts. Beginning at measure 29, the fiddle is tapped this way N:in each of the four bouts of the fiddle, marking the 'four posts of the bed.' N:Take care not to damage the surface of the fiddle by tapping too hard. Some N:fiddlers rap the fiddle with a knuckle or cover the metal nut to cushion it. N:Savioe was cavalier about repetitions of parts and tapping, often tapping N:around the fiddle bouts seven to ten times as he desired at the time. D:https://www.facebook.com/devleger/videos/1587033502128170 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D |:A|dddd ddfd|ddfd efeA|d2dd dd[df]d|dd[df]d efeA| e2fg a3a|aAaa fede-|f2fg fede-|ffed e3e-| fgfe fAa2|(3fgf ec dfae|ffec d3:| d-|Acef g2gg|eceg abaf|d2ef gage| fedf eAe2| (Ac)ef gggg|eceg abaf|d2 ef gage|fgfd efec-|d3d efed|| c2"+"e2 "tap"z "+"e2|e4 efed|c2"+"e2 "tap"z "+"e2|d4 efed| c2"+"e2 "tap"z "+"e2|e4 efed|c2"+"e2 "tap"z "+"e2|d4 efed| P:29 "tap"z "+"e2"tap"z "+"e2|"tap"z "+"e2"tap"z "+"e2|"tap"z "+"e2"tap"z "+"e2|"tap"z "+"e2 |e4 efed| c2"+"e2 "tap"z "+"e2|d4 efed|c2"+"e2 "tap"z "+"e2| "tap"z "+"e2e4| efed c2"+"e2 | "tap"z "+"e2 .d2z||
QUATRE COINS DE ST-MALO, LES. AKA and see "Bobelo (Le)," "Four Poster Bed (The)," "Reel des enfants." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The Quebecois/Acadian version of this tune, "Les Quatre coins de St-Malo," is derivative of the English tune "Four Posts of the Bed," Researcher Jean Duval notes that the first strain of "Quatre coins de St-Malo" corresponds with the song "À St-Malo beau port de mer", recorded by fiddler Isidore Soucy in 1929. J.O. La Madeleine's "Ribidibou" is similar. See also J.A. Boucher's "Quatre Coins (2) (Les)."
