Annotation:Reel des commères
X:1 T:Reel des commères M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Barn Dance B:J.A. Boucher – “Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (1933, No. 52, p. 31) B:“Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (Nouvelle édition 2018 par Jean Duval) [1] K:F (3c/d/e/|fA cd/c/|BE Gg/a/|b/a/g/e/ g/f/e/d/|c/B/A/G/ F/c/d/e/| gA cd/c/|BE Gb/a/|b/a/g/f/ e/c/d/e/|f/a/e/g/ f:| |:C/F/|AA/G/ FG/A/|BB/A/ G/A/B/d/|cc/A/ F/E/F/A/|GG/E/ C/E/F/G/| AA/G/ FG/A/|BB/A/ G/A/B/d/|cA/c/ B/G/E/G/|FA F:|]
REEL DES COMMÈRES (Gossip's Reel). French-Canadian, Barn Dance (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Despite the word 'reel' in the title this tune is more akin to a barn dance. Researcher Jean Duval finds the tune under the title "Gigue à Pelletier," in Boucher's 1927 unpublished music manuscript, the precursor to his 1933 published collection[1]. The provenance of the tune is unknown. A version of the first strain melody can be heard in the Irish barn dance "Old Blackguard (2) (The)," recorded by accordion player Jerry O'Brien in the mid-20th century, and a Norwegian variant is known as "Reinlender etter Adolf Reitlo."
- ↑ Duval found many of the tune titles had been changed from the 1927 collection to the 1927 volume.