Annotation:Gigue à Paddy

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GIGUE À PADDY (Paddy's Jig). AKA - "Reel de Paddy." French-Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title perhaps indicates 'an Irish tune in 6/8 time', as 'gigue' can also refer to duple-time tunes in Quebec tradition.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 6.

Recorded sources: Bluebird B-4889-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1936, as "Reel de Paddy").

See also listing at:
Hear Allard's recording at The Virtual Gramaphone [1]

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