Annotation:Disputeuse (La)

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X:1 T:Disputeuse, La T:The Disputatious Woman M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:Related to "Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman" N:from the playing of Isidore Soucy (1899-1963, Montreal, Québec) D:Starr 15439a (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1928) F:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/15818.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Ador a-|a2a2 eagb|a2a2 eagb|a2a2 gagf|ed^cd efgf | [M:3/2]e^cAc efgf ed^cd |[M:C|]eagb a2a2|eagb a2a2|| A,A,^C[A,E] A,A,C[A,E] |[M:3/2]G,2B,G, DG,B,G, D[B,D]G,B,|[M:C|]A,B,=CD E2 DC|B,A,G,B, | A,2CA, A,A,CA,|[M:3/2] G,2 B,G, DG,B,G, DB,G,B, |[M:C|]A,B,=CD E2 DC|B,A,G,B, A,2[A,2E2]||

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DISPUTEUSE, LA. French-Canadian, Reel (cut and 3/2 time). A Dorian/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A version of a tune better-known as "Grumbling Old Man and Growling Old Woman," at least in the United States. There is a category of tunes in Quebec that purport to mimic a dispute between a man and woman (often characterized as the arguments of a man and wife), including "Chicaneuse (La)," "Chicanière (La)," and "Bavasseuse (La)." The juxtaposition of high and low strain and the association to disputants (of whatever sex) is an old one, however, and can be found in other, English-speaking, genres. Allard researcher Jean Duval points to the venerable "Arkansas Traveler (The)" as one example.