Annotation:Gigue des capuchons
Tune properties and standard notation
GIGUE DES CAPUCHONS (Hood Dance). French-Canadian, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A capuchon is an item of apparel-a hood that covers the head. Source Joseph Allard (1873-1947) played the tune 'square' (i.e. equal parts of equal measures), however, Rémi Laporte played the tune with a measure of 9/8 at the beginning of the second part.
Source for notated version: fiddler Rémi Laporte (Saint-Liguori, Québec) [Hart & Sandell].
Printed sources: Hart & Sandell (Dance ce Soir), 2001; No. 11, p. 45.
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