Annotation:Reel du Faubourg (1)

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REEL DU FAUBOURG [1]. French-Canadian, Reel. G Major (1st strain) & D Major (2nd strain). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. The tune was recorded by fiddler Isidore Soucy three times between 1930 and 1932 on 78 RPM, and was also recorded in 1951 by Joseph Bouchard. Sometimes played with strains reversed (i.e. starting on the 'G' major strain).

Source for notated version: Lisa Ornstein (Maine) [Hart & Sandell].

Printed sources: Hart & Sandell (Dance ce Soir), 2001; No. 66, p. 100.

Recorded sources: Richard Forest & Yvon Cuillerier – “Québec pure laine” (1992).

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