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QUÉBEC (REEL), THE. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was popularized by 'Down-East' radio and TV fiddler and bandleader Don Messer (1909-1973), who played it in broadcasts in the mid-1940's.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 37. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 57, p. 35.

Recorded sources: Arc A616, Earl Mitten - "Old-Time Dance Party"




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