Hanged Man's Reel

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T:Hanged Man's Reel
S:irtrad-l, 8/94,Edward A Beimborn
D:Aly Bain Version from "Far From Home"
H:It's originally a French-Canadian tune, called "Le Reel du Pendu", so
H:it is indeed the Hanged Man's Reel, rather than the Hangman's reel. Jean
H:Carignan recorded it in a couple of places--with clogging--and I suspect
H:his is the definitive version, in the sense that the others got it from
H:him, either directly or indirectly. It's a wild tune the way he plays it:
H:there is _lots_ going on: intricate use of drone strings and/or
H:double-stopping, (none of which is reproduced in the Fiddler's Fakebook,
H:even tho they got it from him--the printed version is a pale imitation of
H:the real thing); he manages to make it sound in places like a duet played
H:on one instrument. Then there are the plucked strings and the clogging, of
H:course, as well as some subtle spizzicato (sp?) variations, i.e. the
H:bow-bouncing that's been mentioned in the list lately. Worth listening to
H:(And thanks for giving me the motivation to go back and re-listen to some
H:of Carignan's playing and to be reminded how good he really was)
N:Oh boy- bet this will cause confusion. I tried to keep things as simple
N:as possible (no triplets etc), but there is bound to be some confusion with the
N:fingerings. The numbers are the fingers you must use to produce the notes with
N:the desired effect. Try to do the tune a few times with what seems like "normal
N:fingerings", then try the funky ones. To save wear on fiddles, tune to GDGB (1
N:step down) or AbEbAbBb (1/2 step down). This is a tricky one to read, as the
N:notes aren't what they seem... but WELL worth the effort. The main technical
N:problems lie in the odd fingerings, nothing really tricky other than that. Look
N:at it as a translation problem. I'm curious to see if anyone writes it out
N:Note also- F part is played on the two bass strings simultaneously. If there is
N:only one note listed, don't sound the other string. Apologies to Mtex users- I'm
N:POSITIVE that this won't print out.
N:AEAC# Tuning (Numbers represent fiddle fingerings, "+"= a left hand pluck)
K:A
[A Part]
00  0          000 0000 1    000   0 00  0 0
30   3 33  3 3               3 3    3     3 30  3 3
A,AAB 2c cc|2c cB ABcA|EAAc BABc|dcBA cAAB|2c cc 2c cB|ABcA EAAc|BBGB 2A 2A:|
[B Part]
30                     30
A,AAB 2c cc|BABd 2c 2c|A,AAB 2c cc|BBGB 2A 2A:|
[C Part]
0                     0
2  0  3 22 2003 1303  2  0  3 22 2003 1310
2e 2c 2A ee|eccc BcAc|2e 2c 2A ee|eccc BcBa:|
[D Part]
0
3
2B (2rest) 2B BB|BBGB AGAc|2B GB BBGB|1)BBGB 4A:|
2)BBGB 2A |
[E Part]
++++                   ++++
0000                   0000
cAEA,|2A BABd 2c|2A 2A cAEA,|2A, 2E 2A|BABc 2A:|
[F Part]
E  string:     |2E EE 2F FE| 2E EE 2E  E E |2E EE 2F FE| E  E    :|
A, string: A,A,|2C CA 2D DA| 2C CA 2B, B,A,|2C CA 2D DA|C B,  2A,:|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/OTIS_Irish_Session/melnets_big_abc_file/05316
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/ireland/0497
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/05316
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/05316

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