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X:1 T:Reel de Madame Renaud L:1/8 M:C| S:Caremelle Bégin - from a transcription of Ontario fiddler Dawson Girdwood K:G |:G2 (BG) dGBG|DGB>d g2 (f>g)|e(A (3cBA) e(A (3cBA)|(AB)cd (ef)ge| G2 [GB]G [Gd]G[GB]G|DGB>d g2 (f>g)|af ((3gfe f>)de>d|1 (AB)cd e>dB>A:|2 (AB)cd e>d(B>d)|| |:(3gag fg dgBg|d>gb>a (gf)e>d|e>[Aa][A^g][Aa] e>[Aa][Ag][Aa]|(ea) {b/}af (=g>f)(e>f)| (3gag fg d>gB>g|d>gb>a g2 (3efg|a>fg>e f>de>d|1 A>Bc>d e>dB>d:|2 A>Bc>d edB>A||

MADAME RENAUD. AKA and see "Reel de Madame Renaud/Reel de Madame Renault/Reel de Mme. Renault," "Reel St-Émile," "Mrs. Renault's Reel." French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is related to the Scots melody "Bob of Fettercairn (The)" and the American old-time tune "Humphrey's Jig (1)," finds Lisa Ornstein. It also appears derivative of "Lord Gordon's Reel." Jos Bouchard recorded a version of the reel in 1938 under the title "Reel St-Émile."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 57, p. 66. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 133, p. 54. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 72, p. 49 (appears as "Reel de Madame Renault"). Cuillerier (Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon), 1992; p. 11.

Recorded sources: - Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (1973). Victor 263531-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1928).

See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1928 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1] [2]

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