Annotation:March (43)
X:2 T:Untitled T:March [43] S:Grandy Fagnan (1902-1986, Camperville, Manitoba) M:C| L:1/8 R:March Q:"Steady walking pace" N:Anne Lederman plays the tune like a reel (i.e. quick). N:AEae tuning (fiddle). D:Falcon Productions FP 515, Anne Lederman & Ian Bell - "Old Man's Table" (2015) D:https://grandyproject.ca/tunes/ Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [A2A2] [AA]G [A2A2]{fg}f2|e2Jc2 A4|(B2c2F2G2)|(ABAF) E2 FG| [A2A2] [AA]G [A2A2]{fg}f2|e2Jc2 A4|(B2c2F2G2)|A3E [F2A2]([FA][GA]|[A2A2])|| "*"a3g (f/g/f)e2|c'2d'2c'3 b-|a2e2f2g2|(aba)f e2 c2 A4|(B2c2F2G2)|(ABAG) [A,4A4]| "*"{g}a3g (f/g/f)e2| c'2d'2c'3 b-|a2e2f2g2|(aba)f e2 c2 A4|(B2c2F2G2)|A3E [F2A2]([FA][GA]|[A2A2])|| P:Anne Lederman plays this measure: "*"fgag fa e2|
MARCH [143]. Canadian, March (cut time). Canada, Manitoba. A Major. AEae tuning (fidddle). AB. Researcher and fiddler Anne Lederman collected this march from the playing of Metis fiddler Grandy Fagnon (1902-1986) of Camperville, Manitoba, whom she recorded in the mid-1980's. She categorized it as one of the 'Devil' tunes in his repertory, and, although Fagnan himself did not voice such an association, Lederman notes that fiddle tunes in AEae and AEac# tunings were known in other Métis communities to have that association. She writes:
Laurence Flett of [the Métis community of] Ebb and Flow says his grandfather used to tell him “Don’t play those things. . . If you ever play them, he said, the devil will walk in and take the fiddle off you, and maybe you’ll never, ever play a tune again.” [1]
Lederman writes that a march was usually played for the 2nd Change in regional square dances.
