Annotation:Gigue indienne

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X:1 T:Gigue indienne N:From the 1928 recording by Isidore Soucy (1899-1963, Montreal) at the N:Virtual Gramphone http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/virtual-gramophone/Pages/Item.aspx?idNumber=1007650068 N:Soucy plays the 'F' note in the last measure of the 1st strain at a pitch between F# and F natural. I N:like the sound of the F natural for that note. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Starr 15517 (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1928) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/15962.mp3 B:Duval - La Musique de Isidore Soucy (2017, No. 85) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G Dc|:BGBd gfga|bgag bagf|eaaa a2a2|agab g2 ed| BGBd gfga|bgdB c2Bc|dBcA FAdc|BdA=F G2dc:| |:BdAF G2Bd|gdBd ccBc|dBcA FAdc| BGdG e2 dc| BdAF G2Bd|gdBd ccBc|dBcA FAdc|BdAF G2dc:|



GIGUE INDIENNE (Indian Gigue). French-Canadien, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Soucy researcher Jean Duval identifies this tune as a version of "Cuckoo's Nest (4)"[1].

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval ( La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962), 2017; No. 85, p. 47.

Recorded sources: -Starr 15517 (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1928).

See also listing at:
Hear Isidore Soucy's 1928 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]



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  1. Jean Duval, "La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962", 2017; p. 205.