Le Reel De Violon Du Monte En Vielle reel

This is based on Còig’s version (first time through):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBJS0qX-ID0

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Composer: Calum Pasqua

Còig have this listed as Trad? Thanks for posting!

Katie Davis Henderson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFsBQF0F7M

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Jean Carignan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXiSd2CSCHk

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André Brunet, David Boulanger, and Jean-François Branchaud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqN5sfqL9Rs

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Well this makes me as happy as a kid in a candy store! Good looking out!

Wow, I love this. Thanks for posting!

Has someone any clues about the history behind the tune ? Why is it called “Fiddle Tunned Like A Viol” for instance ?

Wow, that coig video is a BLAST!

This cannot have been composed by Calum Pasqua who is in his late forties or early fifties. As you can see there is a video on YouTube of Jean Carignan playing this in a Canadian documentary filmed in 1975! I doubt Calum could have composed this before he was born. This is almost certainly a traditional tune.

This is my updated version of the previous version with several alterations that I found using slowdowner.

Here is the answer to the question asked by juberl a year ago.
In French, the title of this tune should be “Reel du violon monté en vielle”, which means “tuned like a vielle” indeed. In this title, it would be very surprising if the French word “vielle” referred to the vielle, a medieval bowed string instrument whose evolution led to the modern violin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vielle). The tuning of a fiddle “monté en vielle”, i.e. AEAE, thus clearly refers to the drones of the “vielle à roue” or hurdy-gurdy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy-gurdy).
In Quebec music, a fiddle can also be tuned in two other ways: in “grondeuse”, i.e. ADAE; and AEAC# (no particular name).

It makes sense that the fiddle tuned AEAE would work well with this tune as most of the tune is on the upper two strings with occasional notes going to G# or E. Haven’t tried it but it makes sense. A lot of old time Appalachia tunes are in double A tuning.

Wow, how do you tune a fiddle AEAC#? How does the E string do that, go lower? Hmm.

Yes, the E string is tuned down to C#. Gives a special sound. Search for recording of e.g. “Reel du Pendu”.

the version i play