Annotation:L'Avarie
X:1 T:L'Avarie T:L'Avarie qu'a passé par ici N:From the playing of Avila LeBlanc (1914-2010, Magdalen Islands PQ) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:A-L 001, Ornstein & Marchand - "One Fine Summer's Day" (2009, as part N:of "La Suite des Madelinots") N:The tune is a Rabestan (a short piece), one of many in LeBlanc's repertory. Z:Transcribed by Steve Fry K:Amix (ef|"A"[A2g2])a2 (fg)(fe)|"D"de(fd) ([df]d)(ef|"A"[A2g2])a2 (fg)(fe)|"D"de(fd) "A"[A2e2]:| |:(ef|"A"[A2g2]) e2 (eg)(fe)|"D"de(fd) ([df]d)(ef|"A"[A2g2])e2 (eg)(fe)|"D"de(fd) "A"[A2e2] :|
L'AVARIE. AKA - "(C'est) L'Avarie qu'a passé par ici." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is sourced to fiddler Avila Leblanc (1914-2010) of Gros-Cap, paroisse de Lavernière, Îles-de-la-Madeleine. "L'Avarie qu'a passé par ici" translates roughly as "The damage that has passed through here" probably referring to a weather event that affected the Madeleine Islands in the St. Lawrence Bay. The melody is an example of a rabestan, a tune with repeated short parts or phrases with refrains that are sometimes sung, usually only four repeated measures to each part. A rabestans is a local expression for something small (in music, much like the English word maggot).
The island group is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, and was discovered in 1534 by explorer Jacques Cartier.
