Eleven comments
Les Poules Huppees
I was just glancing through the archives and I saw that the 3/8 bourree,"Les Poules Huppees" had been posted.Here’s a 4/4 version that I picked up in Belgium.
This tune is called La Sansonette and it is a classic scottische from central France. Original tonality is g-minor.
Sansonette: A better score & variation as a jig
A better ABC for this great scottiche can be found here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/SAM_SAO.htm
(look for "sansonette").
I don’t think "Les Poules Huppees" is the right name for this tune.
I have a setting of this one as a jig on my site
http://malcolm.schonfield.free.fr/zik.php?tune=zoliv&lang=en
Les Poules Huppees
Indeed, the bourree is a different tune and is already on the site
https://thesession.org/tunes/562
“La Sansonette” Schottische
Sadly, I’ve also heard this schottische butchered at some rediculous undanceable tempos…
On YouTube ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fgVnFKGEg4 ~ brilliant, I love this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsHbf553-BQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAeFLg-RROE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhAD2hbQIWI
“La Sansonette” ~ a different take on this in d minor
X: 2
T: La Sansonette
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: schottische
K: Dmin
|: A2 ^GA =GF- F2 | E>GFE D4 | DEFG A2 GA | c2 B2 A4 |
A2 ^GA =GF- F2 | E>GFE D4 | DEFG A2 GF | EFGA D4 :|
|: A2 FA BFAB | A/B/A FA BFAB | E2- EA BEAB | A2 EA BEAB |
[1 A2 FA BFAB | ADFA B2 AE- | EBAG FGFE | DEFE D4 :|
[2 A2 DF BDFB | ADF/G/A B/c/B AE- | EBAG FGFE | DEFE D4 |]
C: Daniel Forge
This composition is attributed to Daniel Forge from France. Unfortunately I can find no recording attributed to the composer or any other information, which would be welcome…
“La Sansonette” ~ in e minor (d minor) ~ and some other options
X: 3
T: La Sansonette
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: schottische
K: Emin
|: B2 ^AB =AG- G2 | F>AGF E4 | EFGA B2 ^AB | d2 c2 B4 |
B2 ^AB =A2 G2 | F>AGF E3 _E | EFGA B3 E | FB^AB E4 :|
|: B2 GB c3 G | B/c/B GB cGBc | F3 B cFBc | B2 FB cFBc |
[1 B2 GB cGBc | BEGB c2 BF- | FcBA GAGF | EFGF E4 :|
[2 B/c/B EG cEGc | BEG/A/B c/d/c BF- | FcBA G3 F | E^DGB E4 |]
With this e minor transcription, D fingering played on a C instrument, woodwind, would give d minor. But, there’s nothing wrong with it in e minor on a D woodwind…
“La Sansonette” ~ another transcription in d minor, dot-wise
Set Ideas
This tune sandwiches in very effectively between Ziri Piri and MacPherson’s Strut for a set with real attitude!
Composer
Dominique FORGES