Annotation:Reel de St-Patrice

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X:1 T:Reel de St-Patrice T:St. Patrick's Day Reel S:Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal, Que.) M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig D:Victor 263921B (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1933) F:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13205.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G D|DGB GBd|{ga}g2e dBG|ABc BGD|EFE {EF}E2D| DGB GBd|{ga}g2e dBG|ABc BGD|E2F G2:| |:d-|def {ga}g2e|f2d e^cA|def gag|fed e^cA| def g2e|[M:9/8]f2d efg dBG|GBd {ga}g2e dBG|[M:6/8]ABc BGD|E2F G2:|

REEL DE ST-PATRICE (St. Patrick's Day Reel). AKA and see "St. Patrick's Day." Irish, French-Canadian; Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Reel de St-Patrice" is Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard's (1873-1947) rendition of the widespread Irish jig "St. Patrick's Day." Allard's second strain is irregular, having nine or ten measures instead of eight, and while it can be transcribed entirely in 6/8 time, I believe the two measures of 9/8 time (resulting in a nine-measure second strain) more accurately reflect the flow of the melody.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Jospeh Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 95, p. 46.

Recorded sources: - Victor 263921B (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1933).

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