Annotation:Forgeron (Le)

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FORGERON, LE (The Blacksmith). AKA - "Reel du forgeron." AKA and see "Blacksmith's Reel (2)." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' tune popularized by Montreal fiddler Jean Carignan, who played it at the 1960 Newport Folk Festival, to which he had been invited by American folk musician Pete Seegar, who 'discovered' Carignan in 1958.

Source for notated version: Acadien fiddler Pius Boudreault via Jean Carignan (Montreal); also André Alain (St-Basile de Portneuf) [Remon & Bouchard].

Printed sources: Remon & Bouchard (25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 1: Québec Fiddle Tunes), 1996; No. 20.

Recorded sources: Folkways FG 3531, Jean Carignan - "Old Time Fiddle Tunes played by Jean Carignan" (1968). Yvon Mimeault - "Y etait temps!/It's About Time" (adapted from Jean Carrignan's version).



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