Key: A
Form: Reel
ABC:
X:1
T:Joe Crapeau
C:Robert Lavoie (New Brunswick), via Robin LeBlanc, via Devon Leger
N:The tune is named for Acadian fiddler Joe "Crapaud" Chiasson
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEae tuning (fiddle)
D:Robin LeBlanc & Nicholas Basque - "Sur l'an premier pour danser" (2016)
D:Le Famille LeBlanc - "Perdrais je mon temps/Would I be losing my time" (2023).
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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|:c2c2A3c|BAGA {Bc}B2c-B|"**"Acec AcAc|1BAGB AEAB:|2 BAGB ABcdS||
P:Substitutions
"*"(ef) (3=gfe a2 cd||"**"Acec Aczc||
MP3: (Played by Susan Reid.)
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Sheet Music in PDF: Joe Crapeau
YouTube:
Source: Robert Lavoie
Other Tunes in Set:
Region: Acadian (New Brunswick, Canada)
*Notes: Susan Reid writes: “I learned this tune from the playing of Robin Leblanc, a wonderful Acadian fiddler.”
Paul Fackler writes: “The tune comes from New Brunswick fiddler Robert Lavoie and was recorded on Robin LeBlanc & Nicolas Basque, Sur L’an Premier (track 1a). This tune is given as Joe “Crapeau” (Joe “Toad”). It is named for Joe “Crapeau” Chiasson. Note that chapeau is an alternate spelling for crapaud used by Acadians.”
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