Hi Beth...Christian LeMaitre is Breton, and the tunes I've heard him play with CFF are traditional Breton. Which is interesting stuff, and a genre in its own right (the crooked tunes you mention are definitely to be found in the Breton repertoire, especially among the gavottes and larides). And yes, Brittany is in France (although Bretons might try to argue the point), so trad Breton music could be considered one kind of trad French. But trad French, as most gurdy players use the term, really refers to the music of central France - Bourbonnais, Berry, Auvergne - and that's where the French gurdy repertoire is almost entirely from. It's very different music from Breton music. Look for music of La Chavannee, Patrick Bouffard, Gilles Chabenat (especially Ecoliers de Saint Genest), Vielleux du Bourbonnais, Cafe Charbons, early La Bambouche. A lot is out of print, but some is available as MP3 on iTunes or Amazon. And there are several good videos on YouTube, of playing as well as dancing. And there's a really good small label out of Paris called AEPEM that has been turning out great trad French recordings in the last 10 years, and you can buy their CDs in the US through a family member in California (named Claudie) of one of the guys that runs it (her husband Martin is on this list). Email me for their US contact info if you want. I especially recommend the group Carre de Deux on their label. Mitch Gordon Guerneville, California, US In a message dated 5/1/2014 8:41:39 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Clare, Wow! that sounds like a great site...I also folkdance so this will help me (you dont know of a good site for french folkdance do you?)(espcially bourees, gavottes).. iI am also learning the fiddle so the irish I can cover on the fiddle... but I love the french tunes..I re-fell-in-love with them after hearing Celtic Fiddle Festival with Christian LeMaitre he plays some wonderful suites.. I love that the french music and the meter? (is that the right word?) they always seem to have extra measures thrown in here and there that make them sort of (crooked? .. blue grass term I think) Does that make sense? I know what I am talking about but dont know the correct musical terminology for it....Perhaps you do?... Anyway... thank you for your feedback... I will make good use of it! Beth Gilmore On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Clare Rose <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Hi Beth I highly recommend a French website called _www.diatojo.com/tablatures_ (http://www.diatojo.com/tablatures) . The first page has a drawing of a circle of dancers - clicking on each dancer leads to a page of tunes for a specific dance type (waltz, bourree, scottishe, polka - and some uncommon types like sauteuse). The tunes are in midi format (both electronically generated and recorded) and usually with scores as well (mostly for G/C tuning). Two advantages of this site 1) it clarifies which dance each tune is intended for; poules houppees is too often played as a waltz when it's a 3-time bourree! 2) it gives authors for many of the new tunes, and origins for many of the older ones. There's even a link to Maxou Heintzen's site where you can find the words for his mazurka l'inconnu de limoise. If you're just starting, I recommend you stick to the trad French tunes for a while as they are usually more manageable; for some of the breton tunes you don't need to move your hand from the start position! Irish tunes are usually written for fiddles and are HARD to play on the gurdy, too many leaps up and down the scale. Best Clare On Friday, 25 April 2014 20:13:42 UTC+1, emeraldemma wrote: Hi all, I am not ty]ied to sheet music to learn tunes.. but i would like to collect addresses of places where good hg music could be found... I am interested in medieval, elizabethan, english country, celtic (french, irish, breton, welsh) , french canadian types of music... any suggestions? they can be video or sheet music...thanks!! has this hg for some time, and just havent gotten started on it.(I think Im a little intimidated by it...) Beth Gilmore -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
