Annotation:Gigue à Japhette
X:1 T: Gigue à Japhette C: Ferdinand Dionne, via Devon Leger M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:Play AA(AA)BBA'A'A'BB D:Le Tamanoir - OP-251, Ferdinand Dione - "Portrait du Vieux Kebec" (197?) D:https://www.facebook.com/devleger/videos/2210073759157232 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G P:A G3A|:BGAG {EF}E2 DE|GABc dBGA|BGAG E2 DE|GBAF G2Ac:| |:BGAG (EG/E/ D)D|GABc dBGA|BGAG E2 DE|1BGAF G2Ac:|2 BGAF G2Bd|| P:B |:Sggfg edBd|efge dBGB|g2 fg dBGB|eaab agef| g2 fg edBd|efge dBGA|1BGAF G3f:|2 BGAF G2Ac|| P:A |:BEzE E2DE|GABc dBGA|BEzE E2 DE|GBAF G2 GA| BEEE ~E2 DE|GABc dBGA|BEzE E2 DE|1GBAF G2 GA:|2GBAF G2 BdS||
GIGUE À JAPHETTE. French-Canadian, Gigue/Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBA'A'BB. Ferdinand Dione was a fiddler from Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Kamarouska, Bas-du-Fleuve region. He learned the tune in the early twentieth century from a fiddler named Japhette who also lived in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, and who was one of his mentors.
