Annotation:Quatre coins (2) (Les)
X:1 T:Quatre coins [2], Les T:Four Corners, The M:2/4 L:1/8 B:J.A. Boucher – “Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (1933, No. 90, p. 46) B:“Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (Nouvelle édition 2018 par Jean Duval) [1] K:D e/f/|g/a/g/f/ e/c/e/a/|af de/f/|g/a/g/f/ e/f/e/c/|dd de/f/| g/a/g/f/ e/c/e/a/|af de/f/|g/a/g/f/ e/f/e/c/|1 dz z:|1 d z3|| |:e/f/e/d/ cA|ce/z/ e2|e/f/e/d/ cA|ce/z/ d2|e>d ef|d2 z2:| c/z/"+"e "+"A"+"e/z/|e>d ef|d2 z||
QUATRE COINS [2], LES (The Four Corners). French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Researcher Jean Duval finds Boucher's "Les Quatre Coins [2]" to be similar to the group of tunes typified by "Four Poster Bed (The)" in which the fiddler taps the top of the fiddle with his/her bow in time to rests or pizzicato notes in the music. There are a few such tunes in Québec repertory, notably "Quatre coins de St-Malo (Les)," but also including "Bobelo (Le)" and "Reel des enfants." Duval notes that Montreal fiddler J.O. La Madeleine's "Rabidibidou", recorded in 1929, is also similar, with a second strain that is almost identical to Boucher's "Quatre Coins [2]."
