%%begintext %% The 3 versions are: %% 0 Basic version based on what several versions had in common. %% 1 From folx.org, plus chords from a group practice session. %% 2 Paul Lizotte's handout at a Roaring Jelly practice 2016-12-13. %%endtext %%begintext align %% This is a 32-bar Qu\'ebecois reel %% that has been transcribed in rather different ways. %% The reason is that it does something common in "French" %% music in the second part: %% The chord changes happen in the middle of measures. %% This has the effect of shifting the apparent downbeat between the parts. %% Version 1 shows it as a regular 32-bar reel with two 8-bar parts. %% Version 2 uses a 6/4 bar to shift the bar lines so that the chord %% changes happen on the downbeat. This can cause confusion in readers, %% but matches the "feel" of the tune when the downbeats are stressed. %%endtext %%begintext align %% Version 1 has somewhat complex chords, so the shifted %% stress in its second part isn't apparent on paper. If you omit %% the "unnecessary" Em chords and the A7 chords that follow plain %% A chords, the mid-bar chord changes become more visible. %% Changing the A7 chords in bars 2 and 5 to the D chords %% (as in the second version) will add to the effect. %% Version 2 makes the downbeat-shift effect clearer but for some people %% it produces confusion at the ends of the parts. %% French musicians often stress the beats equally, %% and for that style either version will work. %%endtext