Annotation:Petit Bûcheux (Le)

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X:1 T:Petit Bûcheux (Le) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:G D2|(G2 B)(G DG)BG|DGBd cBAF|(G2 B)(G DG)BG|DEDC B,G,B,D| (G2 B)(G DG)BG|DGBd c3c|cBAG FGFE|1 DFAc BGAF:|2 DFAc BGAf|| (g2 b)(g ag)bg|dgbg agef|(g2 b)(g ag)bg|dedc BGGd| g2 bg agbg|dgbg a3a|abag fgfe|\ M:3/2 L:1/8 dfga bgaf g2z2|| M:C| L:1/8 Bcde d2g2|Bdgb af g2|Bcde d2 gd|cBAc BGGA| Bcde d2g2|Bdgb af g2|Bcde d2 gd|cBAc BG(DE/F/)||

PETIT BÛCHEUX, LE (The Little Lumberjack). AKA - "Lep'tit bûcheux." AKA and see "Lord MacDonald (4)." French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. An irregular version of the famous Scottish tune “Lord MacDonald (4),” the second strain having two beats added at the end of the 2nd turn. The tune was also recorded by La Famille Soucy on a 78 RPM, but was popularized in modern times by fiddler André Alain (1931-2000) of St-Basile-de-Portneuf, near Québec City. An earlier version of the same tune was recorded by fiddler A.J. Boulay as "<incipit title="load:Virginia" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Virginia Reel Part 1">Virginia Reel Part 1</incipit>" in 1923. See Jos Bouchard's "<incipit title="load:Emile" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Reel St-Émile">Reel St-Émile</incipit>," another derivative of "Lord MacDonald." See also note for "annotation:Reel McDonnell" for more.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler André Alain [Hart & Sandell].

Printed sources : - Hart & Sandell (Dance ce Soir), 2001; No. 1, p. 39.

Recorded sources: -Green Linnett GLCD 3042, La Bottine Souriante - "Chic & Swell" (1988. Learned from fiddler André Alain). “André Alain: Violoneux de St-Basile-de-Portneuf.”

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