Annotation:Reel du pont de l'étang (1) (Le)

Back to Reel du pont de l'étang (1) (Le)

X:1 T:Reel du pont de l'étang [1] T:Champs de bleuets [2] S:Étienne Larocque (northeast New Brunswick), via Devon Leger M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel F:https://www.facebook.com/61559890760936/videos/1679033862952364 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz from the playing of Devon Leger K:A (efe)d ceAc|eezd ceAc|defd- c2Ac|{Bc}BBGB EBGB| efed ceAc|eezd ceAc|defd- c2Ac|1{Bc}BAGB A4:|2{Bc}BAGB A3f-|| |:edef- =g2eg|efed B(A/B/A)f|edef- ggBc|dedc- BAAA| {f}edef- =g2(e/g/e)|efed B-AAc| defd- c2Ac| BAGB A3f-:|

REEL DU PONT DE L'ÉTANG [1], LE (Pond Bridge Reel). AKA - "Reel du Pond de l'Etang." AKA and see "Reel de Champs de bleuets (2)." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada; New Brunswick, Québec. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is known as "Le reel du pont de l'etang" (Pond Bridge Reel) in northeast New Brunswick where it was in the repertories of Acadian fiddlers Merel Chiasson, Andre "à Toto" Savoie and Étienne Laroque, according to Devon Leger. The tune has other titles as well; Eric Favreau plays a Québec version entitled "Reel de champs de bleuets." See also the related "Joli à la California."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Etienne Laroque [Corfield]; Vénuce Fournier [Corfield]

Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 108 (two versions). Songer w. Curley (Portland Collection, vol. 3), 2015; p. 163.

Recorded sources : - s

See also listing at :
Hear the tune played by The Leger Family at youtube.com [1]

Back to Reel du pont de l'étang (1) (Le)