Gigue à Mr Lansanté (Mr. Lasanté's Step Dance) tune in G.
Banjo, Standard G tuning:
Source, La Bottine Souriante:
The A part is in 6/4 and the B part in 4/4.
Here is a fine example of a Step Dance or has we sometime call it here: a Gigue, not to confuse with a Jig. Minimalistic melody with an emphasis on the rhythm, I love those tunes. Even more fun to play with a step dancer.
French-Canadian tunes played on the 5-strings banjo, clawhammer style.
2013/02/12
Reel du Lièvre
Reel du lièvre (Hare's reel). Tune G.
Standard tuning in G:
Source, Aimé Gagnon:
Pretty standard G tune in 4/4, well know by every fiddler. I play two variation of the A part, the second time being the more popular way, nowadays.
Standard tuning in G:
Source, Aimé Gagnon:
Pretty standard G tune in 4/4, well know by every fiddler. I play two variation of the A part, the second time being the more popular way, nowadays.
2013/02/02
La Danse du Sauvage/ Cache tes Fesses
La Danse du Sauvage (Savage's dance), tune in G
La Danse du Sauvage , Standard G tuning:
Source, La Bottine Souriante:
Cache tes Fesses (Hide your butt), tune in G
Cache tes Fesses, Standard G tuning:
Cache tes Fesses with lyrics:
Source, Les Têtes de Violon:
This is first tune I was able to play in clawhammer. Danse du Sauvage and Cache tes Fesses are the same tunes with variations. For me, the first one is easier to play but I think Cache tes Fesses is more common with fiddler and accordionist.
The melody is pretty easy to remember but the rhythmic is a bit more complicated. It's essentially in a 3/2 or 6/4 meter.
Lyrics:
C'était un p'tit Bonhomme, There was a little man,
Qui était pas plus haut qu'un rat, Who was as big as a rat,
Qu'y a pris sa p'tite bonne-femme, Who took his little wife,
Pis l'a mis en dessous de son bras. And took her under his arm.
Cache tes fesses bonne-femme, Hide your butt miss,
Sinon l'monde y voira (bis) Or the people will see (bis)
Silly song, there is other lyrics to put over the melody but I still don't know them.
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