Annotation:Rags (The)

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RAGS, THE (Les Guenilles). AKA - "Guenille (La)." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCCC (Phillips): AA'BB'CC' (Reiner & Anick). A common French-Canadian reel, according to David Green in liner notes to “Louis Beaudoin” (Philo Records, 1973). The title refers to a piece of cloth, not 'ragtime' rhythm.

Source for notated version: Dennis Mathieu via Louis Beaudoin (1921-1980, Burlington, Vt.) [Reiner & Anick]; Ken Kosek [Phillips].

Printed sources: Hart & Sandall (Dance Ce Soir), 2008; No. 14, p. 47. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 194. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; p. 64.

Recorded sources: Grooveless Records, Arm & Hammer String Band - "Stay on the Farm" (1978). Philo 2000, "Louis Beaudoin" (1973. Learned in Burlington, Vt., from Dennis Mathieu). Calvin Volroth - "Tunes From My Past." La Bottine souriante - "En spectacle."



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