Reel Du Cultivateur reel

Also known as The Constitution.

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

Reel Du Cultivateur has been added to 2 tune sets.

Reel Du Cultivateur has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Reel Du Cultivateur
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
(3GAB|:c3c cGce|d2(3BdB GBdf|edce dcBd|cBcA GcEG|
c3c cGce|d2 Bd GBdf|edce dcBd|1 cBcd c2 (3GAB:|2 cBcd (3cec GF||
|:EcGE cGEG|FcAF cFAc|GdBG dGBd|cedc BAGF|
EcGE cGEG|FcAF cFAc|GdBG dGBd|1 cBcd (3cec GF:|2 cBcd c2 (3GAB||

X: 2
T: Reel Du Cultivateur
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
(3ABc|:d3d dAdf|e2 ce Aceg|fedf edce|dcdB AdFA|
d3d dAdf|e2 ce Aceg|fedf edce|1 dcde d2 (3ABc:|2 dcde d2 AG||
|:FdAF dAFA|GdBG dGBd|AecA eAce|dfed cBAG|
FdAF dAFA|GdBG dGBd|AecA eAce|1 dcde d2 AG:|2 dcde d2 (3ABc||

One comment

Reel Du Cultivateur

I transcribed this tune from the playing of Philippe Bruneau on the 1974 LP titled Danses Pour Veillées Canadiennes (Philo label, FI-2006). It is the seventh tune in a nine tune medley which fills the entire A side of the LP.

This is a traditional Québecois fiddle tune first recorded in 1929 by Joseph Allard. Bruneau recorded it in C on a three row accordion but you are more likely to find it in D in a session. Bruneau uses a slight accent on the “c’s” in the first, second, fifth and sixth measures of the B section to give a nice syncopated feel to that section.

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