X:1
T:Reel du chat noir
T:Black Cat Reel [2]
N:From the playing of Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal, Quebec)
N:A version of "Cliff Hornpipe"
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Fast"
D:Victor 263924b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1933)
D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13199.mp3
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
DFAF DGBG|DFAd fdAF|G2 gf edcB|AGAB AGFE|
DFAF DGBG|AFAd fdAF|G2 gf edcB|Agec dd/d/ d2:|
|:cdef {a}gfge|dcde fdAG|FGef {a}gfed|cBAG ABAF|
DFAF DGBG|DFAd fdAF|G2 gf edcB|Agec dd/d/ d2:|
REEL DU CHAT NOIR (Black Cat Reel). French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Allard's "Reel du chat noir" is a version of Tyneside composer James Hill's "Cliff Hornpipe." A version of the first strain can also be heard in E.F. Adam's "Double Shuffle (3)."
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 96, p. 46.
Recorded sources: -Victor 263924b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1933).
