Boucher à St-Ambroise
This is one of my favourite jigs, a beauty of a tune by André Brunet. It’s a bit tricky to finger some of the cross-string movements from low 2nd-finger to high, but if you can solve that, you have a wonderful tune!
On April 4, 2018, our new home suffered a power failure when the concrete power pole across the street was downed in a wind storm. To pass the time, we lit some candles and burned some precious cell phone battery to record one of my favourite tunes.
My transcription of “Boucher à St-Ambroise” on thesession.org.
I got the tune from an album called “B & B”, a brilliant collaboration between André Brunet and Éric Beaudry.
The liner notes for the tune are:
“Ces deux gigues ont été composées par André lorsqu’il demeurait dans le 5e rang à Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare. La maison fut construite en 1918 par M. Joseph Boucher que eut une famille nombreuse comptant quelques violoneux.”
My hamfisted translation:
“These two jigs were composed by André while living on 5th Concession in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare. The house was built in 1918 by Mr. Joseph Boucher who had a large family counting among their number several fiddlers.”
Hope you enjoy squinting while I play.