X:1
T:Gigue des montagnards
N:Second in a medley of untitled reels from Isidore Soucy, played by
N:accordion player Philippe Bruneau
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Bégin - Phiippe Bruneau: Musique Traditionelle (1983, p. 72)
R:Reel
K:C
CE/G/ cd/c/|B/G/A/B/ c/A/G/E/|CE/G/ cd/c/|B/d/d/g/ e/c/c/e/|
CE/G/ cd/c/|B/G/A/B/ c/A/G/E/|C/E/G/c/ A/F/A/c/|1 B/G/B/d/ c/A/G/E/:|2 B/G/B/d/4B/4 c/>d/e/>f/||
ge/c/ g/c/e/g/|a^f/d/ a/d/f/a/|g/g/e/c/ g/c/e/c/|B/d/d/g/ e/c/c/e/|
ge/c/ g/c/e/g/|a^f/d/ a/d/f/a/|Oge/c/ g/c/e/c/|1 d/=f/d/f/ e/c/c/e/:|2 B/d/d/g/ e/c/c/g/!D.C.!|]
Og/g/e/c/ G/c/e/c/|B/d/d/>d/ c2||
GIGUE DES MONTAGNARDS (Montaineer's Gigue). French-Canadian, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Compare with the generally similar but musically unrelated Scottish reel "Square and Compass."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Carmelle Bégin (Philippe Bruneau: Musique Traditionelles pour accordéon diatonique), 1983; p. 72 (appears as untitled tune in medley of Soucy reels). Jean Duval (La Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1963), 2017; No. 177, p. 89. Susan Songer with Clyde Curley (Portland Collection vol. 3), 2015; p. 80.
