Form:Schottische
MP3: (Played by Susan Reid in D*)
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(Played in F* byGilbert Hoek van Dijke and friends on accordion)
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Sheet Music: Click image to enlarge. (Two versions in D and G. The latter is probably the original version by the composer, written in G for diatonic accordion.)
ABC (in C major*):
X: 1 T:La luna dins l'aiga (Pierre-Marie Blaj) C:Trad 2, 35 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:C e2gf e2ge|fgaf d2ef|g2ge c2de|fedc BABc|\ e2gf e2ge|fgaf d2ef|g2c2 edcB|c4 c2B2:| a2ag abc'2|b2ba g2e2|fgaf g2e2|fef^f g4|\ a2ag abc'2|b2ba g2e2|fgaf g2e2|1 dcBd c4:|2 g2^f2 g2=f2||
Youtube(This version in G*):
Source: Peire Maria Blaja
Other Tunes in Set: Breton Schottische #1
Region:France, Brittany
*Notes: Thanks to Gilbert Hoek van Dijke for contributingthe accordion recording and P. M. Blaja’s sheet music above, who writes, “The right title of this tune is ‘La Luna Dins L’Aiga’, a dance tune (scottische) written [by]Peire Maria Blaja. He is a diatonic accordeon player from Toulouse, France.” He notes that theoriginal score is in G major.
From another comment on this site: “Kerry Elkin, late fiddler from Massachusetts, recorded these tunes and stated that he’d learned them from a cassette tape by Serge Desaynay/Gilles LeBigot called “Tunes for America” which they self-produced to sell on during a tour in the United States in the 1980’s. There were only a few of these tapes made and not many survive. They are a great resource.”