Caraquet, La

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T:Caraquet, La
N:As taught by fiddler Pascal Gemme.  "La Caraquet" is from
N:the repertoire of Aurel Parent, Cap Chat, Gaspesie, recorded in the
N:field in 1955 by Father Germain Lemieux while on vacation.  M. Parent
N:was aged about 90 at the time, and well-known in the region as a dance fiddler.
N:Fr. Lemieux sent Lisa Ornstein his tape recording of Parent when she was researching.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEae tuning (fiddle). However, Aurel would remove the 'D' string altogether
N:when he played the piece leaving three strings tuned A-a-e.
D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPY8cdnQoTI
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:A
aa (c/B/A) aa (c/B/A)|BABd c-A A2|aece aecA|B2 B-d c-A A2:|
|:"*"b2ge bege|fefg aff-e|bege bege|fefa g-e e2:|
|:ABcd egab|Acec dBcB|Acc/c/c- e-aa/a/a|[M:3/2]A-cA-c B2 Bd c-A A2:|
[M:C|]AcAc AcAc|BdBd BdBd|(3cdc Ac Acc/c/c|1,2BABc A2Ac:|3 BABc A2A2||
P:Substitutions
b2 (g/f/e) b2 (g/f/e)||

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