Hello, I'm an Acadian fiddler based near Seattle, WA. I love Québécois, Acadian, Irish, Old-Time, and Danish fiddling and my Tune of the Week series was set up to showcase some of my favorite tunes. I love to teach fiddle tunes as well, so most of my videos have a slowed-down version of the tune for folks who want to learn how to play it.
Love this! Asked my fiddle teacher (Denis Lanctot) if he could write me the tabs for this so I can learn it! Thank you for bringing this great tune to light Devon!
Way ahead of you, my dad's tunebook "La Boite à Pitons" has this tune transcribed as sheet music (not tabs though): www.lafamilleleger.com/la-bote-pitons
Devon, I love your playing and how you teach as well. I’ve been following you for awhile now. This particular tune called Fiddler from Douro, was composed by Ivan Hicks. The notation is in his Fiddle Tunes and Souvenirs Originals - Volume 2.
Sort of reminds me of St Patrick’s An Dro. I learned that tune one year at the finale of Alistair Fraser‘s Scottish string fling at a Ashokan. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k2otPVm6Pwg.htmlsi=9HGa-bPQXVhJYWQm
Hahah thanks Makaela we were playing tunes in the WA State Parks and big thanks to the Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission for inviting us out to do that!
I wonder if Gerry played it like that. You seem to start with the B part :) Maybe with time, fiddlers realized that it was better to start with the other part. Cheers !
@@devonleger7469 I was sure Gerry played it like that because you're very faithful to the version you hear. Around here we play the low part first. There was a little song going on with that reel and the air was on the low part. Maybe that's why we play it like we do. Also, because we didn't know it's name, and because of the song, we were calling it: La reel du d'jäbe (diable).
@@TheHarpfiddle I’m sure there must be French mandolin players playing French folk music, but I can’t think of too many! The tune for tomorrow comes from American mandolinist David Surette and it’s a Breton tune!
Devon, Your dad is a treasure! This past week I got an opportunity to play a few tunes with him at Mule Barn. I can mark that off my bucket list. Thanks. William
That is really cool! I learned a variation of this tune from Brad Leftwitch who learned it from Tom Fuller (1974) from Oklahoma/Texas area - very far away from San Juan islands!
