Tunes for Jam Session
To make the Jam Sessions reflect the French Canadian Flavor of the weekend... we suggest learning some of the following tunes:
Top 10 (11) French Canadian Tunes for Sessions and Dances
Tunes suggested by French Canadian tune mistress: Donna Hebert.
- St. Anne's Reel – D
- St. Antoine's Reel – A
- St. Joseph's Reel – DGaspé Reel – D
- Growling Old Man/Grumbling Old Woman – Am/A
- Joys of Québec – A
- La Bastringue – D
- You Married My Daughter – G
- Reel de Montréal – D/A
- Un Canadien Errant – G - waltz (easy)
- La valse des jouets – D (more challenging)
For those with a little more ambition, here's a list of what's "most popular" in sessions in Montrea, Quebec right now!
List suggested by Laura Risk.
- Reel Beatrice
- Point-au-Pic
- Valse des Jouets
- 6/8 de André Alain
- Evit Gabriel
- Reel de Mattawa
- Montibello
Many are available on thesession.org, a few are up on YouTube for those who like to learn by ear. Just search by tune names!
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