Annotation:Reel du gin

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X:1 T:Reel du gin N:From the playing of Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal, Que.) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13097.mp3 D:Victor 263871 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1931) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G [Bg]dgb agab|gdgb afdf|gdgb agb>g|gedB A-B G2| gdgb agab|gdgb afdf|gdgb agab|gedB A-B G2|| |:ged>B ABG>A|B<GAB cdef|{a}gedB ABGA|BGEB A2G2:|]



REEL DU GIN. French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. Allard researcher Jean Duval finds the first part of "Reel du gin" resembles the second strain of "Galway Rambler (The)"[1].

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 75, p. 36.

Recorded sources: - Victor 263871 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1932).

See also listing at:
Hear Joseph Allard's 1932 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]



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  1. Jean Duval, "La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947", 2018, p. 75.