Annotation:Reel des beaux yeux
X:1 T:Reel des Beaux Yeux M:2/4 L:1/8 B:J.A. Boucher – “Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (1933, No. 97, p. 48) B:“Le Repertoire du Violoneux” (Nouvelle édition 2018 par Jean Duval) [1] K:G DE/F/ GB|Be d2|Bg fe|d2 c/B/A|Bd/c/ B2| DE/F/ GB|Be d2|Bg fe|dB/d/ cA|G z3:| |:DG BG|AG c2|ed/c/ BA/B/|c/B/A/G/ FD| DG BG|AG c2|ed/c/ BA/B/|cA Gz:|]
REEL DES BEAUX YEUX (Beautiful Eyes). French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Researcher Jean Duval notes that the second strain of the reel "Reel des beaux yeux" (which he says sounds more like a polka or a schottische) is similar in character to "Triomphe (Le)," as played in the Saguenay region of Québec[1]. Boucher re-titled the piece for his 1933 publication; in his first version of the 1927 collection, Duval finds the tune under the title "Gigue du cantonnier."
- ↑ See fiddler Louis Boudreault's version in Lisa Ornstein's 1985 thesis.