Annotation:Grondeuse (3) (La)

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X:1 T:Ronfleuse (La) T:Snorer's Reel (The) T:Grondeuse (3) (La) S:A.J. (Arthur-Joseph) Boulay (1883-1948, Quebec) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Gigue N:ADae tuning D:Victor 263638 (78 RPM), A.J. Boulay (1929) F:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/12741.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D A2-|ABAG FDFD|EDCD [C2E2][C2E2]|ABAG FEDF|1,2EDCE D2D2:|3EDCE [A,3D3]|| |:[A,E]-|[A,2F2] FD EDCD|[A,2E2][A,2E2][A,2F2]FD|EDCE [A,2D2][A,D]-[A,E]-| [A,2F2] FD EDCD|[A,2E2][A,2E2][A,F]DFD|EDCE [A,2D2][A,2D2]| [A,F]D[A,F]D EDCD|[A,2E2][A,2E2][A,F]D[A,F]D|EDCE [A,2D2]||A A2|A2dc BABB|ecec defe|dcBG A2AF|A2dc BABB| ecec d2ef|gfec d2A2|AAdc BABB|ec[ce]c defe| dcBG A2F2|A2 dc BABB|ecec d2 ef| gfec d2ef|gagf edcB|AGFD E2E2||

GRONDEUSE [3], LA (The Grumbling Woman). French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'DD' (Remon & Bouchard): AA'BB'CC' (Hart & Sandell). Crooked versions. The first and second strains of Vincent's Ouellet's "Grondeuse" are employed in André Alain's version, with the addition of the first strain of "Reel à Raymond." Ouellet's alternate title, "Gigue du grand slaque (La)" (Big Guy's Step-dance) is the title his group, Éritage, recorded the melody under, a name that referred to the groups rather tall step-dancer, Benoît Bourque, say Hart & Sandell.

Additional notes

Sources for notated versions: - fiddler André Alain (St-Basile, Portneuf area, Québec) [Remon & Bouchard]; fiddler Vincent Ouellet (b. 1964, near Québec city) [Hart & Sandell].

Printed sources : - Hart & Sandell (Danse ce soir!), 2001; No. 67, p. 101. Remon & Bouchard (Airs Tordus: 25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 2), 1997; No. 9.

Recorded sources: -La Bottine Souriante – "Cordial" (2001). C.P. 418, Les frères Brunet – "Magie" (1995). Laurie Hart – "Gravity Hill" (1992). André Alain – "Violoneux de St-Basile de Portneuf" (1986). Fogarty's Cove Records, Vincent Ouellet & Éritage – "La fonde des vouageurs" (1982).

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