Bonjour Je suis un harmoniciste anglaphone (quelle horeur) qui habite en France (quelle horeur x2), Je travaille avec le Centre du Musique Traditionnelle de...
ça alors!! Merci Bruno - Là j'ai vraiment la chance! On se connais dejà Si! Si! au festival de musique traditionnelle de ris-orangis (il n'exist a plus) à...
Bienvenu! Quelque joueurs de l'harmonica d'aujourd'hui, incluant: Gabriel Labbé, maitre d'harmonica tremolo Yves Lambert (aussi que l'accordeon — La Bottine...
Hello, everyone -- "Air Tordus" (or "Crooked Tunes") is now one of my favorite albums. I also bought the accompanying tune books which have helped me get...
A few of the same tunes are in "Danse ce soir". Haven't done a comparsion with Dorothy Hogan's book of tunes. Even looking at the transcriptions I don't always...
A little trick I use sometimes, is to break transcription into separate operations. You don't need to use music manuscript--on any old sheet of paper, write...
Well, I was looking for something else to do tonight besides watch The State of the Union, and I came upon this, Lucy's state of the union--like President...
Bonjour, Cette question a été posée sur IrlandeTradFr, quelqu'un aurait des infos? ... Sujet: [IrlandeTradFR] stage de musique en nouvelle ecosse Date: Thu,...
Hello to the harmonica players in the Quebecois world! Have any of you had experiences like mine where the G-Major harp tends to go flat much faster than any...
Ned - G harps are not reputed to be troublesome. The most often-replaced harmonica is the regular D - and not because it gets used the most, either. In the...
Salut la gang, Y-a-t'il quelqu'un qui connait la deuxième toune dans le Pot-pourri "Surf and turf" de La Bottine (album "Tout comme au jour de l'An")? Le 1er...
"Nous les avons separe par un cotillon qui nous vient d'Avila Leblanc des Iles-de-la-Madeleine." (from the CD liner notes) Separating [the two tunes] is a...
There is a CD of recordings in the Laval collection, Le miroir d'argent, which includes some things by Avila Leblanc. Don't know if this is the same tune. By...
Thanks Jeff & Winslow, I knew I could count on this group for an answer. Now, does anyone have an ABC or a MIDI for this mystery tune? My ear is not bad, and I...
Here's the chord progression in outline if that's any help. A6/G2 A6/G2 A6/G2 A6/G2 A6/G2 A6/G4 D2/G2/D4 D2/E72/A4 D2/G2/D4 D2/E72/A2 Catchy little tune isn't...
Thisn may not be the tune on the Miroir d'argent CD (which by the way, is titled "Reel du pendu" but sounds nothing like any of the versions I've heard). Aside...
I seem to remember that there's a trad festival held in late May in Quebec, I think in the Lanaudiere region. I seem to have lost the web link, though. Can...
Hi Walt, "La Grande Rencontre" has been held in late May, but last year it was held in late August. "Memoire et Racines", which is in the Lanaudiere region, is...
... of ... I'm afraid you're right, Andy. La Grande Rencontre sounds familiar (and so does Memoire et Racines). Probably can't fit them in, though. Darn....
Salut Andy and Walt, the fest moved from Verdun to Vaudreuil-Dorion. It's in June http://www.acadieenfete.ca there is an accordion fest in montreal in May Le...