Bedou's Reel

Kind of Tune
reel
Place of Origin
Magdeline Islands

Robert Arsenault learned this tune from a fiddler named "Bedou" during a trip to the Magdeline Islands. The Magdelines are roughly 75 miles due north of Eastern PEI and have a large Acadian population.

Notation for the version played here is in The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island.

 

Tune Selections

Bedou's Reel Musician: Robert Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman Unaccompanied Evangeline Coast / East Prince info