Annotation:Manitoba

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MANITOBA. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Manitoba. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This irregular tune alternates between measures of cut time and 6/4 time.

Source for notated version: From Martin Racine via Guy Bouchard. Racine, who played for two decades with the group La Bottine souriante learned it from a Metis musician in Manitoba [Bouchard/Les Tetes de violon].

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Recorded sources: Thirty Below TB-200-CD, Les tetes de violon - "Les Deux Rives/Two Shores" (2009).

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