Annotation:Petit Bûcheux (Le)

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X:1 T:Petit Bûcheux (Le) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:G D2|(G2 B)(G DG)BG|DGBd cBAF|(G2 B)(G DG)BG|DEDC B,G,B,D| (G2 B)(G DG)BG|DGBd c3c|cBAG FGFE|1 DFAc BGAF:|2 DFAc BGAf|| (g2 b)(g ag)bg|dgbg agef|(g2 b)(g ag)bg|dedc BGGd| g2 bg agbg|dgbg a3a|abag fgfe|\ M:3/2 L:1/8 dfga bgaf g2z2|| M:C| L:1/8 Bcde d2g2|Bdgb af g2|Bcde d2 gd|cBAc BGGA| Bcde d2g2|Bdgb af g2|Bcde d2 gd|cBAc BG(DE/F/)||

PETIT BÛCHEUX, LE (The Little Lumberjack). AKA - "Lep'tit bûcheux." AKA and see "Lord MacDonald (4)." French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. An irregular version of the famous Scottish tune “<incipit title="load:MacDonald" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lord MacDonald (4)">Lord MacDonald (4)</incipit>,” the second strain having two beats added at the end of the 2nd turn. The tune was also recorded by La Famille Soucy on a 78 RPM, but was popularized in modern times by fiddler André Alain (1931-2000) of St-Basile-de-Portneuf, near Québec City. An earlier version of the same tune was recorded by fiddler A.J. Boulay as "<incipit title="load:Virginia" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Virginia Reel Part 1">Virginia Reel Part 1</incipit>" in 1923. See Jos Bouchard's "<incipit title="load:Emile" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Reel St-Émile">Reel St-Émile</incipit>," another derivative of "Lord MacDonald." See also note for "annotation:Reel McDonnell" for more.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler André Alain [Hart & Sandell].

Printed sources : - Hart & Sandell (Dance ce Soir), 2001; No. 1, p. 39.

Recorded sources: -Green Linnett GLCD 3042, La Bottine Souriante - "Chic & Swell" (1988. Learned from fiddler André Alain). “André Alain: Violoneux de St-Basile-de-Portneuf.”

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