Annotation:Reel des oiseaux

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REEL DES OISEAUX. French-Canadian, Reel. D Major (‘A’ and ‘B’ parts), D Minor (‘C’ part) & A Major (‘D’ and ‘E’ parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDE. Perhaps the same "Reel des oiseaux" recorded by Les Tune-Up Boys, Maurice Bougie and Gaston Tessier, whose hey-day as performers was in the 1950's and '60's. The duo went by different names until adopting Les Tune-Up Boys in 1951.

Additional notes

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

Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley), 1985; No. 64, p. 73.

Recorded sources: -