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REEL DES ÉBOULEMENTS. AKA and see "Avalanche Reel," "Dad's Reel." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Eboulements is a French word meaning a ‘scree', ‘rock fall’ or 'avalanche', however, the name also refers to a section of Quebec Province in the Charlevoix region of the St. Lawrence river, east of Quebec City and near the town of Baie St-Paul. The melody was recorded by fiddler Jos Bouchard (1905-1979) in 1938.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - flute player Chris Norman [Songer].

Printed sources : - Songer (The Portland Collection), 1997; p. 70.

Recorded sources: - Bluebird B-1156-B (78 RPM), Jos Bouchard (1938). Richard Forest - “Les pieds qui parlent.” Chris Norman - “The Beauty of the North.”

See also listing at:
Hear Jos Bouchard's 1938 recording on youtube.com [1] and the Virtual Gramophone [2][3]



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