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NoirVelours said
LOL pee at door you mean this wine?And the only reel de sainte-Anne that I know is this one, there are others?
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Yes, that was the wine 
Well, I have a few versions of St Anne's Reel. Everywhere I go it's played differently. In England and Ireland there's a kind of "standard" version, slightly different from the version you posted. In the USA where I teach at the Fiddle Hell event, there's a significantly different version again.
As might be expected, when a tune gets shared and re-shared multiple times, it kinda changes a bit, after it's been minced, mashed and fannied about with LOL
Here's the way I currently play it (but when I post it officially it will be more like your version, simpler for the benefit of all) :
http://www.worldfiddlemusic.co.....le1662.mp3
Sorry about the dreadful backing track. It was the best I could get at short notice!
Jim 
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Great song Terry, those butterflies have such a short little life but get to turn into the butterfly and fly after being a little worm.
Here's a slow little Irish song NV 
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Jim, ok when you say the song change a little I believe you I can barely recognize it lol, in Québec I don't think I heard other ways to play it. I feel honored that our french-canadian fiddlers came up with a couple great reels that are appreciated around the word (I know Le reel du pendu "hangman" seem pretty popular also!)
@myguitarnow, that reminds me of slow dances when I was a young adult.
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LOL, I never new that was an Irish tune. You live you learn.
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OK, I have now recorded St Anne's Reel, normal speed, then slowed down, with a close-up of the left hand. I still need to upload it to YouTube, which takes about an hour. I'll do that tomorrow.
Oh, and there's a cheeky wee surprise variation there - just one bar long - in the slow version. 
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Oh, and there's a cheeky wee surprise variation there - just one bar long - in the slow version.
Jim
Note to Noob self: when I make a mistake on a song, call it a "cheeky wee surprise variation" and no one will know and will think i am creative and cute
2nd note to self: don't overuse it or everyone will catch on
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OK, here we go : St Anne's Reel, as promised.
Actually, there are two cheecky wee bits in it ... on the slow version, near the end, is a snazzy way to finish the tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....e=youtu.be
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Hi Jim, I can't see it yet. Is it still loading?
I hope it's warmer down south than it is up here in the midlands!!
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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Nice. I'm dying to play it, but I have a napping child right now...
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Thanks for posting that... will learn it.
Am I supposed to play this without sheet music or a Stout ?
Did I miss something ?
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It's good to practice without sheet music too Oliver ya just jam along. It's great for ear training. Jim's got a great angle on his video to see what notes he's playing.
You're probably right.
I've learned some scales without sheet music.
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I would make a terrible fiddler I need my music sheet! But yes the angle is good I will Try to play in front of my computer. Thanks Jim! Now if only my internet would stop being weird today, I get getting errors when I check out youtubes video dunno what's happening.
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Ok been practicing but I play it slightly different. I had to transpose the notes in Notepad Finale now I'm practicing 
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
Waaa... gooood... /rubs hands/ can't wait to *put my bow over this tune*.
Thank You, Jim!
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Just keep in mind that Jim is playing on a 5 string. Ignore the C string.
I especially like where you added that minor chord with the Bb. 
Thanks for the post.
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I'm trying to play this version by mister Allard (the guy who composed it in 1930 or so). Ok minus the super speed 
. Found the audio on our canadian musical archives so quality is a bit meh. but it's cool to see how it started and how it's played now in different countries.
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