Annotation:Duck Dance (2)
X:1 T:Duck Dance [2] T:Gilbert's Duck Dance S:Stanley Beaulieu (Northwest Territories) M:C| L:1/8 N:AEAc# tuning (Beaulieu actually plays it in GDgb tuning, i.e. 'calico N:tuning a step down'. N:The first part of the transcription is how the tune is played in 'G' calico tuning, N:but fingered "as if" it was in standard tuning. N:The second part of the transcription is how it is played in standard tuning. R:Reel D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5lpT4SUiPA D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAFfhiudH2U K:G P:Part 1 'G' calico tuning, played as if in standard tuning [G3g3]a- g2 e-g|gge-g gge-B|g2 e-g gg [G2e2]|J^c3d cBAB| ^cAcA B2AB|^cAcA D2 [Ae]-[Ag]|:[A3g3] [Aa]-[A2g2][Ae]-[Ag]|[Ag]g[Ae]-[Ag] [Ag][Ag][Ae]-[Ag]| [A2g2][Ae]-[Ag] [Ag][Ag][A2e2]|J^c3d cBAB|^cAcA B2AB|1^cAcA D2 [A2e2]:|2 ^cAcA D2 EF| [G,3G3][G,E]- [G,D]B,D-F|[M:2/4[G,3G3]B|:[M:C|]^cAcA B2 AB|^cAcA D2 EF|[G,3G3][G,E]- [G,D]B,D-F|[M:2/4][G,3G3]B:| P:2 Transcribed in standard tuning [D3d3]e- d2 B-d|ddB-d ddB-d|d2 B-d dd [D2B2]|JB3=c BAGA| BGBG A2GA|BGBG D2 [DB]-[Dd]|:[D3d3] [De]-[D2d2][DB]-[Dd]|[Dd]d[DB]-[Dd] [Dd][Dd][DB]-[Dd]| [D2d2][DB]=[Dd] [Dd][Dd][D2B2]| JB3c BGBG|1BGBG D2 :|2 BGBG D2 EF| [G,3G3][G,E]- [G,D]B,D-F|[M:2/4][G,3G3]B|:[M:C|]BGBG A2 BA|BGBG D2 EF|[G,3G3][G,E]- [G,D]B,D-F|[M:2/4][G,3G3]B:|
DUCK DANCE [2]. AKA - "Gilbert's Duck Dance." Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada, Manitoba. D Major. AEac# or GDgb ('Calico') tuning. ABB'CCC. "Duck Dance [2]" is another accompaniment to the Métis Duck Dance. This tune is sourced by many to the playing of Métis fiddler Gilbert Anderson, but an influential version is also played by Stanley Beaulieu (Northwest Territories).
