St. Anne’s Reel

X:2
T:St. Anne’s Reel
T:as played by Fidel Martin, 1966-08-01
S:Fidel Martin
M:4/4
L:1/16
Q:1/4=110
%alternatively, it could be in 4/2 with the following. (That lets us use the swing feature in Michael Eskin's tool but is less to my taste.)
%M:4/2
%L:1/8
%Q:1/4=220
N:1. I think this was played on a violin tuned one whole tone down.
N: So the top three strings are DGC. Maybe the last one is an F?
N:2. Notated in 4/4, with semiquavers (aka quarter notes) as the basic unit,
N:as that’s the way I generally prefer writing reels these days.
N:3. For the ornaments and phrasing, this is just a rough outline. It’s best
N:of course to refer to the original recording.
N:4. It’s interesting to compare this transcription with from A. Kuntz’s
N:one, as both are based on the same recording. Apart from the differences
N:in key signature and meter, there are only a few other significant
N:differences.
N:5. (The following notes are copied from A. Kuntz.)
N:From an August 1, 1966, field recording of the playing of Fidel
N:Martin (1891-1976) of Berlin N.H., originally from Rogersville, NB, recorded
N:by folklorist Art Rosenbaum.  Martin, a WWI veteran, had a varied repertory that
N:consisted of "Down East", Acadian, Irish, American and French-Canadian tunes.
F: https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/Detail/objects/331630
Z:abc-transcription Malcolm Schonfield (using A. Kuntz’s transcription
Z:as a starting point)%2024-06-19, 20, 25, 26
Z:abc-copyright CC BY-NC 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/fr/deed.en )
%abcjs_soundfont fluid
%%MIDI program 40
K:C %_/g =G %K:C _/B
V:1 clef=treble name="1."
[V:1] [P:A]Gc|ece>f ed.c2   GEGG GEGc|AFAA AF(AB/A/)   GGGE CEGc|
!slide!e3e {f}edcA   GEGG GEGc|AFAA BGAB   cedB c2Gc|
e"<("e">)"ee {f}edcA   GEGG GEGc|AFAA AF(AB/A/)   GGGE CEGc|
e3e {f}edcA   GGGE CEGB|AFAA BGAB   cedB .c2
[P:B][|]gf&\
G2|ecee eceg   fffe f3f|d_/Bdf dBdf   aggf {gf}g3g|
eceg eceg   f2fe {fe}f3f|dBBA GBdf   {ef}e2dB c2gf &\
x14G2|
eceg eceg   f2fe {fe}f3f|dBdf dBdf   &\
x2G2 x2"<("">)"G2 [|] aggf g3g |
eceg eceg {fe}f2{ef}e2  &\
x2G2 G2G2 x2"<("">)"G2 [|] f2fe | dBdB GBdd   ecdB .c2 &\
x2G2 x2GG x2G2x2[|]
[P:A (second time)]Gc|ecef edcA  [|] GEGG GEGc &\
x2CCCx C2|AFAA AF(AB/A/)  &\
x2CCCx C2[|] GGGE CEGc|
e3e {f}edcA GEGG GEGB &\
x3G2 x3 Cx C2 x2C2    | AFAA BGAB &\
x2CC "_ poco rall."x2C2 [|]  cedB .!>!c2|]

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