Annotation:Reel Helena
X:1 T:Reel Helena M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Starr 15758-A (78 RPM), Eugène Demers (1932) D:https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/virtual-gramophone/Pages/Item.aspx?idNumber=1007638460 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G GGBd d(dBd)|c2 eg g(age)|d2 fa aafa|1,3 gfga b-gd-B|2[M:2/4][B4g4]:|4[M:C|][B3g3][Bg] [Bg]|| d ef| g2 (3fgf e2d2|[G3B3][GB]- [GB]def|g2f2 af-g(d|[e4e4])[e2e2] e/f/g| a2g2 ff(=f^f-|f2)f2- fgfe|d2[d2g2] bgaf|g2 g2- gdef| gagf e2d2|B3B- Bdef|g2f2 afdf|f2 e2- e2ce | a2g2 ff-f=f-|^f2f2- fgfe|d2g2 bgaf|[M:2/4]g2.g2||
REEL HELENA (Reel Héléna). AKA and see "Belledune Quickstep," "Reel Wynda." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major (Demers): D Major (Songer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'AA'B (Demers): AABB (Songer). Fiddler Eugène Demers recorded "Reel Helena" in Montreal in 1932. A close version of the tune was published in J.A. Boucher's rare collection Le Répertoire du Violoneux[1] (1933, No. 95, p. 47), albeit under the title "Reel Wynda." Jean Duval notes that the melody was later popularized by the Quebec group Les montagnards laurentiens.
