Gaspé Reel
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Gaspé Reel" ("Reel de Gaspé") also known as "Apex Reel" is a French-Canadian reel and New<br> England Polka in D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) and if a 'C' part is added, it is in A Major.<br> The parts are played AB (Silberberg), AABB (Miller & Perron, Sweet, Welling), AA'BB' (Phillips),<br> AABBCCBB (Brody) or AA'BB'CA"A"'B"B"' (Begin).<br> It is named for Québec's Gaspé Peninsula, which forms the east bank of the St. Lawrence River as<br> it enters the Atlantic. The 'C' part is similar to a strain of some versions of "Money Musk".<br> The tune was originally recorded in 1929 as a quadrille under the title "Quadrille du peuple<br> 1ère partie".<br> It was printed in Bégin's Philippe Bruneau (1993),<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Laufman's OK Ladies and Gentlemen, Lets Try a Contra (1973) (appears as "Apex Reel",<br> Apex is the name of a Canadian recording company),<br> Miller & Perron's 101 Polkas (1978),<br> Miller & Perron's New England Fiddler's Repertoire (1983),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002),<br> Sweet's Fifer's Delight (1964/1981) and<br> Welling's Hartford Tunebook (1976).<br> It was recorded on Wretched Refuse and Louis Beaudoin (1973) and by<br> Fennigs All Stars on The Hammered Dulcimer (1973) and<br> Henry Sapoznik on Melodic Clawhammer Banjo (1977).<br>
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