Annotation:Reel de Montréal (1)
X:1 T:Reel de Montréal [1] T:Reel de Vaudreuil L:1/8 M:C| K:G g2fe dcBA|GBDG B2AG|FADF A2GF|GDEF GABd| g2fe dcBA|GBDG B2AG|FGAB cdef|g2b2g4:| K:D |:A2FA d2Ad|f2df a2ab|a2g2e2g2|b2a2f2d2| A2FA d2Ad|f2df a2ab|a2g2e2c2|d8:|
REEL DE MONTRÉAL [1]. AKA - "Reel de Sherbrooke (2)," "Reel de Vaudreuil," "Sherbrooke Reel." French-Canadian, New England; Reel. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Miller & Perron): AA’BB’ (Songer). Montreal fiddler J.O. LaMadeleine (1880-1973) recorded the tune for Starr Records in 1937 as "Reel de Vaudreuil." The British hornpipe "Navvy/Navvie on the Line", attributed to early 19th century Tyneside fiddler James Hill, is cognate in the first strain. Tunes by the name "Reel de Montréal" were recorded by harmonica great Henri Lacroix (1895-c. 1962) in 1928, and Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard in 1930; however Allard's reel is a different tune (for which see "Reel de Montréal (2)."