Annotation:Gigue à Tit noir


Sheet Music for "Gigue à Tit noir"Gigue à Tit noirReel333Book: Duval - La Musique de Isidore Soucy (2017, No. 112)Discography: Starr 15633a (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1929)Notes: From the 1929 recording by Isidore Soucy (1899-1963, Montreal) at theVirtual GramphoneTranscription: Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz



GIGUE À TIT NOIR. AKA and see "Merry Blacksmith (The)." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Soucy researcher Jean Duval identifies "Gigue à Tit noir" as a derivative of the Irish reel "Merry Blacksmith (The)"[1].

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval - La Musique de Isidore Soucy (2017, No. 112).

Recorded sources: -Starr 15633 (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1929).

See also listing at:
Hear Isidore Soucy's 1929 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]



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  1. Jean Duval, "La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962", 2017, p. 208.