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GASPÉ REEL [1] (Reel de Gaspé). AKA and see "Apex Reel," "[[[Quadrille du peuple 1ère partie]]." French-Canadian, Reel; New England, Polka. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & A Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Miller & Perron, Sweet, Welling): AA'BB' (Phillips): AABBCCBB (Brody): AA'BB'CA"A"'B"B"' (Begin). Named for Québec's picturesque Gaspé Peninsula, which forms the east bank of the St. Lawrence River as it spills into the Atlantic. The 'C' part is actually a strain of "Money Musk." Louis Beaudoin (Burlington, Vt.) learned the first two parts of the tune from a friend named Joe Danis, but heard the three-part version from Fortuna Vachon (Thetford Mines, Québec), and added the third ("Money Musk") part. However, the tune was originally recorded in 1929 by fiddler Isidore Soucy and accordion player Donat Lafluer as the first figure of a quadrille under the title "Quadrille du peuple 1ère partie."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Pete Sutherland (Vt.) [Phillips]; Isidore Soucy via French-Canadian button accordion player Philippe Bruneau (Québec) [Bégin]; accordion player Laurie Andres [Silberberg]; <

Printed sources : - Bégin (Philippe Bruneau), 1993; No. 58, p. 86. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 116. Laufman (OK Ladies and Gentlemen, Lets Try a Contra), 1973; p. 9 (appears as "Apex Reel" {Apex is the name of a Canadian recording company, printed on the label of an otherwise unidentified version of the tune}). Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 57. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 155. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 94. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 50. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 61. Welling (Hartford Tunebook), 1976; p. 16.

Recorded sources : - Beet 7003, "Wretched Refuse." Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars- "The Hammered Dulcimer." Kicking Mule 209, Henry Sapoznik- "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo." Philo 2000, "Louis Beaudoin" (1973. First two parts learned from fiddler Joe Danis).

See also listing at :
Hear "Quadrille du peuple 1ère partie", 1929, Starr label 15532 A [1] at Virtual Gramophone.

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