X:1
T:Reel ben ben vieux
T:”Very, very old reel”
S:Pascal Gemme & Mario Loiselle
N:A version of the Irish reel "Roaring Mary"
M:C|
L:1/8
D:Pascal Gemme & Mario Louselle – Musique du monde/Music from the World (2013)
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
AFFF DDFA|z[Af][Ae][Af] {f}[A2g2]((3[Ag]fe)|dzdB z[FA][FA][FA]|Ad[df]d e d2B|
AFFF DDFA|z[Af][Ae][Af] {f}[Ag]>f ((3[Ag]fe)|d>AdB zA[Dd]A|1(af)da fd-dB:|2(af)da fd2||
|:a-|abag ff(g/f/e)|dAd=c BG2(g|a/g/fg)a abgb|a2 fa g>e e2|
AFFF DDFA|z[Af][Ae][Af] {f}[Ag]>f ((3[Ag]fe)|d>AdB zA[Dd]A|1(af)da fdf:|2 (af)da fd-dB|]
REEL BEN BEN VIEUX (Very, very old reel). AKA - "Reel à Théo." AKA and see "Roaring Mary." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The reel is a version of the Irish reel "Roaring Mary," particularly popular with Acadian fiddlers, including from the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, where was recorded as "Reel à Théo" by the group Suroît.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Hermas Réhel (Gaspé).
Recorded sources : - Buda Musique Records, Pascal Gemme & Mario Louselle – Musique du monde/Music from the World (2013). Suroît - "Si l'amour prenait racine" (1989, as "Reel à Théo").
See also listing at : Hear Pascal Gemme's recording on youtube.com [1]
Hear the recording by Suroît at youtube.com [2]
See Devon Leger's tutorial at Facebook [3]/Youtube [4]