Annotation:Reel à neuf (Le)

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REEL À NEUF, LE. AKA and see “Soeurs (Les).” French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAABBCCC'. A punning title: i.e. it sounds in English as "real enough." The tune is quite common in the old repertoire of Québec fiddlers, though in widely different variants.

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Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Gamma GS 256, La Bottine Souriante ‎– "Les Épousailles" (1981). Rounder 6010, Louis Boudreault - "Music of French America" (1977). Voyager 322, Louis Boudreault - "Old Time Fiddler of Chicoutimi, Québec" (1977, 1993).

See also listing at: Hear Boudreault play the tune at Slippery Hill [1]

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