L’Air Mignonne (barndance) on The Session

Seven settings

X: 1
T: L'Air Mignonne
R: barndance

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
EAB|:c>c/c e cBAB|c>c/c e cBAc|F>F/F A E>E/E c|1 BAGA BEAB:|2 BAGB AAce||
|:f>f/f a fece|f>f/f a fecA|F>F/F A E>E/E c|1 BAGA BAce:|2 BAGB A4||

X: 2
T: L'Air Mignonne
R: barndance

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
EAB|:c>cce cBAB|c>cce cBAB|F3A E3 c|1 BAGA BEAB:|2 BAGB ABce||
|:f>ffa fece|f>ffa fecA|F>FF A E3c|1 BAGA BEce:|2 BAGB AEAB||

X: 3
T: L'Air Mignonne
R: barndance

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
V:1 treble
V:2 treble
V:1
|:c>cce cBAB|c>cce cBAB|F3A E3 c|1 BAGA BEAB:|2 BAGB ABce||
V:2
|:a>aab agge|a>aab agge|f>ffe e>ee c|1 BAGA BEAe:|2 ecBA ABcA||
V:1
|:f>ffa fece|f>ffa fecA|F>FFA E3c|1 BAGA BEce:|2 BAGB AEAB||
V:2
|:d>dde dccA|d>dde dccA|f>ffA e>eec|1 BAGA BEce:|2 ecBA AEAe||

X: 4
T: L'Air Mignonne
R: barndance

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
EAB|c3e cBAB|c3e cBAB|F3A E3 c|BAGA BEAB|
c3e cBAB|c3e cBAB|F3A E3 c|BAGB ABce||
f3a fece|f3a fecA|F3A E3c|BAGA BEce|
f3a fece|f3a fecA|F3A E3c|BAGB A||

X: 5
T: L'Air Mignonne
R: barndance

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DGA|B3d BAGA|B3d BAGA|E3G D3 B|AGFG ADGA|
B3d BAGA|B3d BAGA|E3G D3 B|AGFA GABd||
e3g edBd|e3g edBG|E3G D3B|AGFG ADBd|
e3g edBd|e3g edBG|E3G D3B|AGFA GDGA||

X: 6
T: L'Air Mignonne
R: barndance

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DGA|:B3/2B/ Bd BAGA|B3/2B/ Bd BAGA|E3G D3 B|AGFG ADGA|
B3/2B/ Bd BAGA|B3/2B/ Bd BAGA|E3G D3 B|AGFA GABd:|
|:e/ee/eg/a/ edBd|e/ee/eg/a/ edBG|E3G D3B|AGFG ADBd|
e/ee/eg/a/ edBd|e/ee/eg/a/ edBG|E3G D3B|1 AGFA GABd:|2 AGFA GDGA||

X: 7
T: L'Air Mignonne
R: barndance

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
EAB|:c3/2c/ ce cBAB|c3/2c/ ce cBAB|F3A E3 c|BAGA BEAB|
c3/2c/ ce cBAB|c3/2c/ ce cBAB|F3A E3 c|BAGB ABce:|
|:f/ff/fa/b/ fece|f/ff/fa/b/ fecA|F3A E3c|BAGA BEce|
f/ff/fa/b/ fece|f/ff/fa/b/ fecA|F3A E3c|1 BAGB ABce:|2 BAGB AEAB||

Eleven comments

L’Air Mignonne

This is a tune composed by Simon Riopel from Montreal. He plays it in alternate tuning as AEAE.

Here’s a youtube of Simon playing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGaiiCRJg7U

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I learned this tune from Yan Falquet in June, 2014 while he was visiting at a fiddle camp in California. He played it on his concertina, and it has a really nice French air feel to it.

L’Air Mignonne

I forgot to add that the title means “cute, little tune.” And it is that.

A slightly more up tempo version from the band Ímar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hur5jYWD9B4

play video

Re: L’Air Mignonne

Just edited the abc’s for this tune. It was my first learn-by-ear tune and then I transcribed it to abc format. Just came back to it, and realized it needed some help. Nice to know I have made a wee bit of progress since my first endeavors.

Fancy title ?

The French word for “tune” is masculine so it should be “l’air mignon” !
I don’t know Quebec idioms but from France this title really sounds like a wordplay between “the cute tune” and “(the girl who) looks cute” 😉

L’Air Mignonne, X:2

From the great set by Imar on their Demo album
https://imarband.bandcamp.com/track/air-mignonne

Re: L’Air Mignonne

Le Vent du Nord’s Olivier Demers does a nice job of this song here. Réjean Brunet is also there, as many others at Copenhagen’s Cloakroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUY7cdamXKM