Gigue à Monsieur Lasanté

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.

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.

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.

La Belle Catherine

La Belle Catherine (The Beautiful Catherine). Reel in D, structure ABAC.

Banjo, double C capoed to D:


Source: Louis "Pitou" Boudreault:


One of the most well know crooked-tune in the québécois repertoire and it's one of the first tune I learned.

It's an ABAC structure with the A part repeated 3 times and the B, C part repeated 2 times. The B part can be a bit tricky with it's 7 beat separated in a 2-3-2 fashion.

Has for the source, Louis "Pitou" Boudreault, 1905-1988, plays this tune in cross tuning, ADAE, and do footaping to accompany his fiddle.