These are tunes from Québec’s traditional dance repertoire and from adjacent musical traditions that are played at a Madison, Wisconsin jam.

If you would like to start with a smaller set of tunes, try the pdf French-Canadian Starter Tunes.

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Table of Contents

Title	Chords	Genre	Rhythm	Examples	Key
5-4-3	[]	Québec	reel		Dmaj
Le 24 juin	[]	Québec	quadrille	Bruno Kowalczyk Philippe Bruno Mary Kay Brass 2-part	Gmaj Gmin Gmaj
Le 24 juin @ contra	[]	Québec	quadrille	Bruno Kowalczyk Philippe Bruno Mary Kay Brass 2-part	Gmin Gmaj Gm Gmaj
Abandonné	[]	Québec	reel	jam session Pascal Gemme teaching	Emin
l’Air mignonne	[]	modern	air	Lesson – Roxanna Sabir Simon Riopel – composer	Amaj
L’Ange aux Patins	[]	Québec	waltz	Pascal Gemme Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers	Dmaj
The Ballyvourney	[]	Irish	polka		Amix
La Bastringue	[]	Québec	reel		Dmaj
Bay of Fundy	[]	Maritimes	reel	Luc Richard fiddle and piano. w/Mason’s Apron Lissa Schneckenburger, Bethany Waickman w/Reel de Montreal Bill Guest, solo fiddle	Dmaj
La Belle Catherine	[]	Québec	reel	Andre Brunet, et al. w/La Rachoudine Pitnacree, w/Reel de Mattawa Andre Brunet, demo/lesson	Dmaj
La Belle Isa	[]	Québec	polka		Amix
Brandy à Édouard Richard	[]	Québec	brandy	Édouard Richard – “Musique gaspésienne”	Gmaj
A Bruxa	[]	Galicia	mazurka	Phoebe Rees Paul Kotapish & Moving Cloud Orchestra Am Alisdair Fraser & Natalie Haas	Emin
Clog de Pariseau	[]	Québec	reel	Sabin Jacques, Gabriel Labbé et al in Bm/D Liam Robinson in F#m/A	F#min
Clog de Pariseau @ re mineur	[]	Québec	reel	Sabin Jacques, Gabriel Labbé et al in Bm/D Liam Robinson in F#m/A	Bmin
Cut Knife Hill	[]	Métis	reel	two cellos	Gmaj
Cache tes fesses	[]	Québec	6/8	André Brunet lesson Alexis Chartrand – baroque	Gmaj
Dedicado a Jos	[]	Québec	reel	Bottine Souriante	Dmaj
Les deux Lisas	[]	Québec	reel	André Brunet lesson	Dmaj
Le diable vert	[]	Québec	reel		Gmaj
Jig Dimanche Après Midi	[]	Québec	jig	Tunescape	Amaj
Dragger’s Reel	[]	Maritimes	reel	Eddy Arsenault André Brunet Charlie Walden	Gmaj
En fumant ma pipe	[]	Québec	reel	Pascal Gemme É-T-É, live, great fun busking at Jean Talon Market Pour la Suite du Monde movie	Ador
Évit Gabrielle @ Gemme	[]	Québec	reel	Pascal Gemme – Patreon	Emin
Évit Gabriel @ ?	[]	Québec	reel		Emin
La Fée des Dents	[]	Québec	jig	ensemble, De Temps Antan André Brunet	Gmaj
Fisher’s Hornpipe @ Alain	[]	Québec	hornpipe	Danse ce Soir	Fmaj
Fleur De Mandragore	[]	Québec	reel		Amaj
Fleur De Mandragore @ Danse ce Soir	[]	Québec	reel		Amaj
Fleur De Mandragore @ Pascal Gemme	[]	Québec	reel		Amaj
Galope de la Malbaie	[]	Québec	reel	Bal à huile RÉSEAU QUÉBEC FOLKLORE Jos Bouchard	Dmaj
Gigue des Capuchons	[]	Québec	jig	Serge Carrier, melodeon	Dmaj
Gigue du Forgeron	[]	Québec	jig		Dmaj
Gigue du Plateau Mont-Royal	[]	Québec	gigue	Carmen Guérard & Laurel Risk with stepdancers Marie-Jeanne Brousseau & Timi Turmel, killer button box and piano	F#phr Amaj
Gigue du Plateau Mont-Royal @ TT	[]	Québec	gigue	Marie-Jeanne Brousseau & Timi Turmel, killer button box and piano Carmen Guérard & Laurel Risk with stepdancers	F#phr Amaj
Gigue du Plateau Mont-Royal @ violon	[]	Québec	gigue	Carmen Guérard & Laurel Risk with stepdancers Marie-Jeanne Brousseau & Timi Turmel, killer button box and piano	F#phr Amaj
Gigue du Salon	[]	Québec	6/8	Pascal Gemme New Leaf	Amaj
Gigue de Terrebonne	[]	Québec	reel		Dmaj
Grands Pieds	[]	Québec	reel	Alexis Chartrand & Nicoilas Babineau Alexis Chartrand & Nicoilas Babineau live	Gmaj
Grondeuse à Wilfred	[]	Québec	reel	Babineau – Chartrand	Amix
Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman	[]	Québec	reel	Louis Beaudoin Hope Grietzer with Dannielle Spindler Swart in a living room Colby Maddox, demo for Old Town School	Ador Amix
La Gueussinette	[]	Québec	waltz	Tidal Wave/Raz-de-Marée “Gussie” on piano Raz de Marée (2007) Tidal Wave, track 2	Bmin
Pays d’Haut	[]	Québec	reel		Dmaj
Hommage à la belle Gaspésie	[]	Québec	reel		Amaj
Hommage à Dorothée	[]	Québec	waltz		Bmin
Hommage à Dorothée @ Bruneau	[]	Québec	waltz		Bmin
Hommage à Edmond Pariso	[]	Québec	reel	Pascal Gemme and Friends Bottine Souriante	Amaj
Hommage à Philippe Bruneau	[]	Québec	waltz	La Bottine Souriante	Dmaj
Issoudun	[]	Québec	reel	Archetype Trad & Claude Methé	Amaj
Louis Cyr	[]	Quebec	reel	jam Sur le bout deu banc	Gmaj
La Maison de Glâce	[]	Québec	jig	Réjean & André Brunet	Dmaj
Marche au camp @ F	[]	Québec	march	Yann Falquet & Eric Boodman @Fiddle Hell Hart, Sandell, Marchand	Fmaj
Marche au camp @ G	[]	Québec	march	Yann Falquet & Eric Boodman @Fiddle Hell Hart, Sandell, Marchand	Gmaj
Marche à Quêteux Pomerleau	[]	Québec	march	Lisa Ornstein André Brunet, demo	Gmaj
Michael’s Mazurka	[]	Shetland	mazurka	Heather Swanson with Jacqueline Schwab Susan Reid, David Kaynor & friends Fiddler’s Bid	Gmaj Gdor ^F Gmaj
Moccasin Shuffle	[]	Maritimes	reel	Jamie Fox with Scotty Leach and Cameron DeWitt Rachel Aucoin from Frank Ferrel, end of A is short Robichaud Brothers (1996) The Slippery Stick: Traditional Fiddling from New Brunswick, Rounder Records: Rounder CD 7016	Amin
Mominette	[]	France	schottische		Emin
La Moquine	[]	Québec	reel	Zigue, Musique de Coeur, 2017 trak 5 @4:44 Zigue E.T.E., Le boire des minuits, 2017 (track 10@3:34) ÉTÉ	Dmaj
Motel Henry	[]	Québec	reel	Beantown Stomp Elixir Alexis Chartrand	Amaj
The Mouth Of The Tobique @ leadsheet	[]	Maritimes	reel	Sharon Shannon (1998) Spellbound: the Best of Sharon Shannon, Daisy (with Lad O’Beirne’s and Dowd’s Favorite) Mari Black demo and lesson – not French Canadian Don Messer – earliest recording? Patty Kusturock with Frank Ferrell Sharon Shannon w/Win Horan et al	Gmaj
The Mouth Of The Tobique	[]	Maritimes	reel	Patty Kusturock with Frank Ferrell Don Messer – earliest recording? Sharon Shannon (1998) Spellbound: the Best of Sharon Shannon, Daisy (with Lad O’Beirne’s and Dowd’s Favorite) Mari Black demo and lesson – not French Canadian Sharon Shannon w/Win Horan et al	Gmaj
Murray River Jig	[]	Maritimes	jig		Amaj
Old French	[]	Québec	reel		Dmaj Amix
Paris Nights	[]	musette	waltz	Kevin Burke & Cal Scott Kevin Burke and Cal Scott (2007) Across the Black River	Amin
Partie de quadrille de l’Île d’Orléans	[]	Québec	6/8	Sur le bout du banc Partie De Quadrille de I’île d’Orleans.mp3 (local)	Dmaj
Père Doiron	[]	Québec	reel	on mandolin	Amix
Polka Méo	[]	Québec	polka		Dmaj
Polka Méo @ v1	[]	Québec	polka		Dmaj
Polka Meo @ v2	[]	Québec	polka		Dmaj
Le poteau blanc	[]	Quebec	reel	Jos. Allard André Brunet et al	Amaj
Le Printemps	[]	Québec	reel	Réjean & André Brunet Les Frères Brunet CD	Dmaj
La promeneuse	[]	Québec	march	Pascal Gemme & Yann Falquet	Dmaj
Le rapide du joual blanc	[]	Québec	reel	Arthur Coates nice set	Edor
Reel ABC	[]	Québec	reel	Vent du Nord	Edor
Reel des accordéonistes	[]	Québec	reel	ensemble	Dmaj
Reel Bèatrice	[]	Québec	reel	La Bottine Souriante “Je Voudrais Changer D’Chapeau”	Amin
Reel Béatrice @ 2	[]	Québec			Amin
Reel Bèatrice @ 1	[]	Québec	reel	jazzy with Point au Pic Bruno Kowalczyk – slowish	Amin
Reel de Bellechasse	[]	Québec	reel	harmonica	Dmaj
Reel de Beloeil @ Raz de Marée	[]	Québec	reel	from Raz de Marée from Raz de Marée w/other Hommage a Philippe Bruneau Raz de Marée (2007) Tidal Wave, track 10 at 1:40. Great Meadow Music	Dmaj
Reel de Bergeville	[]	Québec	reel	Raz de Marée track on web André Brunet lesson sample Raz de Marée (2007) Great Meadow Music, track 6 at 3:32	Dmaj
Reel du Cultivateur	[]	Québec	reel	Serge Carrier, melodeon	Dmaj
Reel des Éboulements	[]	Québec	reel	Gaston Nolet with stepdancers	Amaj
Reel Eugène @ Pigeon	[]	Québec	reel	Danse ce Soir Patty Kusturock	Amin
Reel Eugène	[]	Québec	reel	Danse ce Soir Patty Kusturock	Bmin
Gaspé Reel	[]	Québec	reel	Louis Beaudoin	Dmaj
Reel à Gastonguay	[]	Québec (Gaspé)	reel	Édouard Richard – “Musique gaspésienne” (2000)	Gmaj
Reel du gaucher	[]	Québec	reel		Amix
le reel des habitants	[]	Québec	reel	Arthur Coates, Claude Methé	Ador
Reel Iroquois	[]	Québec	reel	Frank Ferrel Elisabeth Moquin	Amin
Reel de Jos Cormier	[]	Québec	reel	Patti Kusturok et al. pub session	Dmaj
Reel à Karine	[]	Québec		Édouard Richard – “Musique gaspésienne”	Amaj
Reel Lévis Beaulieu	[]	Québec	reel	André Brunet demo Bruno Kowalczyk	Amaj Amix
Reel à Marie-Pierre	[]	Québec	reel	Édouard Richard – “Musique gaspésienne”	Gmaj
Reel de Mattawa	[]	Québec	reel	pub session w/the composer Pitnacree, following Belle Catherine	Edor
Reel la Mocoque	[]	Acadien	reel	Devon Leger Peter Arsenault	Amix
Reel de Sherbrooke	[]	Québec	reel	Accordion version, with teaching Lissa Schneckenburger & Bethany Waickman at HMT	Gmaj Dmaj
Reel du Pendu @ Bain	[]	Québec	reel	Carignan at house party Ex Pirata, ensemble Aly Bain Version from “Far From Home”	Amaj
Reel de Pointe au Pic	[]	Québec	reel	Jean-Louis Labbé Andre Brunet, lesson sample Gaston Nolet accordion Danse ce Soir w/Fisher’s	Cmaj
Reel de Pointe au Pic à Bouchard	[]	Québec	reel	Jean-Louis Labbé Andre Brunet, lesson sample Gaston Nolet accordion Danse ce Soir w/Fisher’s	Cmaj
Reel à Robin	[]	Québec	reel		Amaj
Reel Saint Antoine	[]	Québec	reel	current version Maine Fiddle Camp classic version from Jos Bouchard	Amaj
Reel Saint-Jean	[]	Québec	reel		Bmin
St. Anne’s Reel	[]	Québec	reel		Dmaj
Reel de la Soupe aux Pois	[]	Québec	reel	la Famille Soucy Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-time	Dmaj
Reel Ti-Mé	[]	Québec	reel		Dmaj
Reel à Toto	[]	Maritimes	reel	André Brunet & Martine Billette André Brunet lesson	Amix G
la Ronde des Voyageurs	[]	Québec	reel		Amin Amaj
Saddle Old Paint	[]	American Old Time, Métis	reel	Jamie Fox Fiddlers 3	Gmin
Saddle Old Paint @ leadsheet	[]	American Old Time, Métis	reel	Jamie Fox Fiddlers 3	Gmin
La Sansonette	[]	France	reel	LauraCortese = Haas sisters	Dmin
Saut du Lapin	[]	Québec	reel		Gmaj
Schottische Du Stockfish	[]	Québec	reel	ad Vielle que Pourra	Amin
Sheepskin and Beeswax	[]	Québec	reel	Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres, fiddle and guitar Genticorum La Bottine Souriante Pascal Gemme lesson	Ador
Soir Et Matin	[]	Québec	waltz		Dmaj
Son of a Bear	[]	Québec	reel	Claude Methé Svante Kvarnström	Amaj
Step à Ti-Phonse	[]	Québec	gigue	Celtic Fiddle Festival Stephanie Lepine leading jam	Gmaj
Style Musette	[]	Musette	waltz	live at a dance – American speed very very musette – French speed plain but good feeling	Fmaj Dmaj\
Le Tourment	[]	Québec	jig	Chris Wicker with Chris Wicker	Cmaj
La valse du chef de gare	[]	Québec	waltz	André Brunet lesson Celtic Fiddle Festival	Gmaj
La valse du chef de gare @ with ornaments	[]	Québec	waltz	André Brunet lesson Celtic Fiddle Festival	Gmaj
Valse-Clog Guilmette	[]	Québec	waltz	massed fiddles with Pierre Chartrand	Bmin Dmaj
Valse des Jeunes Filles	[]	modern	waltz	Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen	Dmaj
Valse laurencienne	[]	Québec	waltz	house session Steve Jones teaching	Bmin
Valse laurencienne @ Raz	[]	Québec	waltz	house session Steve Jones teaching	Bmin
Woodchopper’s Reel	[]	Maritimes	reel	la Famille Soucy Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-time Music Association	Dmaj
You Married My Daughter	[]	Québec	reel	Walt Koken Tommy Duchesne	Gmaj