Annotation:Winnipeg Reel (2)
X:1 T:Winnipeg Reel [2] N:From the playing of Montreal fiddler Jean Carignan. N:A version of "Leather Breeches" M:C| L:1/8 R:Ree D:Folkways 3532, "Old Time Tunes Played by Jean Carignan" (1960) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/winnipeg-reel Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G G-|DGBG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAF|DFAc BcAF| G2 BG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAc|BcAF G2[G2_B2]-| [G2=B2]B2 DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAF|DFeg fdcA| G2 BG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAc|BcAF G2|| G-|DGBG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAF|DFAc BcAF| G2 BG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAc|BcAF G2[G2_B2]-| [G2=B2]B2 DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAF|DFeg fdcA| G2 BG DGBG|DGBd cBAG|F2AF DFAc|BcAF G2|| [B2f2]-|[B3g3]a gfed|gabg agef|g2 ga gedc|BdAF GFED| [B3g3]a gfed|gabg ag-ga|baba gedc|JB-cAB G2[B2f2]-| [B2g2]ga gfed|gabg aged|g2 ga gedc|BdAF GED2| [B2g2]ga gfed|gabg agga|baba gage|dcBA G2||
WINNIPEG REEL [2]. AKA and see "Leather Britches." Canadian, American; Reel (cut or 2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Montreal fiddler wikipedia:Jean_Carignan recorded "Winnipeg Reel [2]" in 1960 for Folkways records, accompanied by a Scrugs-style three-finger banjo player. The result was a very American-sounding version of the tune known in the United States as "Leather Britches." It appears that Carignan was deliberately trying to imitate American fiddle styles in the tune. However, Carignan was well aware that the tune had a long history in both English and French Canadian fiddle traditions as one of many derivatives of the Scottish reel "Lord MacDonald (4)."
According to Lisa Ornstein, the tune was widely played in Quebec as well as the English-speaking provinces of Canada, although in Quebec, local titles prevailed. “MacDonald” is the title given by fiddler Louis Boudreault (who played a four-part version), although Ornstein notes that in his father’s generation the tune was known locally as “Le reel à quatre,” from the grande danse with which it was associated. Other Quebec titles cited by Ornstein are: Isidore Soucy’s “Gigue à Ti-Zoune,” harmonica player Cyrus Sufour’s “Reel d'Amqui,” harmonica player Wilbrod Boivin’s “Reel du Lac St-Jean (Le),” fiddler Ferdinand Dionne’s “Galope de l'Acadie,” and fiddler Jefrey Jobin’s “Petit bûcheux (Le).” Jean Carignan himself recorded his version of J. Scott Skinner's recording of tune as “Lord MacDonald (4)," while Joe Bouchard (1905-1979) recorded a derivative as "Reel St-Émile]]."
