1 December 2008


Louis Beaudoin, 1976 (Ann Meuer photo)

Louis Beaudoin, 1976 (Ann Meuer photo)

SING OUT! Magazine asked for a Teach-In article about Louis Beaudoin for the Winter 2008 issue. Since 2005, I’ve been making prescriptive transcriptions of of all the Louis Beaudoin audio samples I can find, with 40 tunes transcribed so far. Multiple listenings are necessary to glean all the goodies from these recordings; melodies, bowings, drones, syncopations and rhythmic variations just begin to scratch the surface. There’s something magic in his playing that can’t be quantified, that I can only describe as joy. No way to write that down. Just have to play the music and feel it yourself!

Here are links to the SING OUT! article, with transcriptions for fiddle. Each tune is sampled once through with Louis playing.

Both tunes are also recorded on the new Beaudoin Legacy CD.

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