Jean Carignan - Hangman's Reel

[FiddlinMikeRolland]

This is a great recording. I love this tune. Have you ever heard Bryan Sutton's take on this tune on his Bluegrass Guitar Album? It's such a different sound, but it's still cool to hear tunes played in different styles. I especially like hearing people play in the Appalachian style. I'm posting lessons teaching how to play Old-Timey in order to help preserve it. Check it out on my channel and at FiddlinMike. com. Thanks :)

[ivanrorick]

I've watched this dozens of times and I'm still awestruck.

[flatw00d1]

look how thick the bridge is on that fidd!!!Jean kicks butt!!!!!

[TitiRaoulin]

J'ai découvert Jean Carignan et son talent extraordinaire, en 1977, en écoutant par hasard un disque de chez LEGACY records, puis un autre de chez PHILO. Depuis je l'ai toujours considéré comme le plus grand violoneux inter-celtique contemporain, avec Graham Townsend et Nathalie Mc Master, mais chacun dans un style différent. Quel bonheur qu'on ait pensé à l'enregistrer en video, chacun peut ainsi constater que Jean Carignan était un fiddler hors normes.

[boydwauna1]

cape breton fiddle is no 1 to me but this is beyong amazing. this kind of playing is genius and motivates one to excell at whatever instrument. i went thru levis, quebec many times and wondered what went on there. a thank you to anyone who helped in making these recordings available....a treasure!!

[vivr0]

Not a patch on Aly Bain's version-half the length and twice as good!

Vivienne Rendall

[Schillingsanders]

Correction: It should be A, E, A C-sharp

[Schillingsanders]

Dear friends! Make a search at my name on youtube to hear my version of "Hang mans reel". Do i have to mention that Jean Carignan has been a well of inspiration to me during my 55 year long life. Anders Schilling

[Schillingsanders]

Dear friends, it´s just imopssible to compare Jean Carignan with Sean McGuire as they came from compllely different scools. All the very best! Andy from Sweden!

[kabur]

Great post. Anyone know the tuning?

[Schillingsanders]

@kabur From the low G you tune it up to an A, so the tuning is A, D, A, C sharp. The devils tuning! Also used in tunes like "Black mountain rag" Gives a good funny effect when using double string playing. Laydies and gentlemen! It´s easy to find me cause i leave a track of broken strings and crashed bows behind me! Make a search at my name! All the very best! Anders Schilling

[moonshineV]

i feel something exciting everytime i watch this....that guy could make the most mundane tune tres rockin'

[TheTigtorch]

U aint gonna get any better than that! FANTASTIC bit of playing.....

[PalaKalola]

This is THE BEST version of this tune I have EVER heard. You live on Jean!

[dinamoskowitz]

Is this guy a Cajun?

[0Panchovilla0]

@dinamoskowitz . Québécois

[shirehorse9]

@dinamoskowitz,

No, he's Quebecois.  The Cajuns are just displaced Canadiens anyway.

[Panzeux]

Isn't that cool to see a woman drink beer? Hell yes!!!!

[ChristopherDowning]

You need to get to the UK sometime soon - women drinking beer isn't even noticed here. Kinda seem like a strange observation to us in the UK - are you saying Canadian or American women don't drink beer. That sounds bizarre.

[shirehorse9]

@ChristopherDowning ,

Canadian women drink beer.

[LeBaronTurbo86]

Wow!!!

Ph.D.

[eduardoanamcara]

great!

[fiddlenut24]

this may be the best damned fiddle video on youtube!

[maoae]

This is taken from a movie made on the occasion of an anniversary party. The father turn 80 something and his son student in cinema decide to invite Ti-Jean( a friend of the family) and film the party. His 2 brothers play fiddle and sister on piano. The next morning they started drinking and playing music again that is why we see ti-Jean in "camisole".

[htfiddler]

What do you mean, "may be"?

[fiddlenut24]

you're right lol, it is the best

[soppinmyplate]

My favorite French Canadian fiddle player.Does anyone know the brand/make of fiddle Jean plays and the weight of his bow/brand? .I remember house parties like he played at ,Whiskey Blanc in one hand and a beer in the other and jig a jig all night long.Thanks Jean a million.

[agentsecret007]

Bravo M. Carignan !!!!

[ScotsmanRS]

Brilliant.

[mongorich]

truely a master of his instrument. RIP.

[francoamerican99]

I have a jean carigan LP and Peete Seeger plays banjo on some tracks

[robingillan]

I think its hard and untrue to say sean shows no feeling in his playing . Pick on some of the generic modern fiddlers instead .

[doogiesoprani]

sean maguire is not in the same league as jean carignan he played tunes fast yes but with no feeling jean carignan was a master of the fiddle second to none

[gibsonpaddy]

Go way u muppet Sean Mcguire is de greatest fiddle player ever born. Dont dare ever cut him down again.

[bruceleeC64]

I disagree Maguire did play with feeling especially on his earlier recordings and with slow airs. The clips on you tube are no where near the best of Maguire. His technique(s) was up there with the best classical players in his day.

[htfiddler]

OK ... that was great. Now go watch "Sean McGuire in Full Flight" at

watch?v=ZUOT_PLgMSc . Tear it up Sean!

[shashi2005]

My spine is tingling as I watch this - loved this guys playing since i first saw it about 25 years ago. My favourite fiddle player.

[banjobabe6]

OMG! My favorite fiddler besides my husb! Tho I/we play a non-boring oldtime 5part version of Hangman's Reel (I play banjo), I'll never forget the 1st time I heard this 25 yrs ago...I wore out my husb.-then-bf's record!!

Thank you Sooo much for putting these on Youtube!

[MandolinTory]

wow. that sounds like a more ragtime type version of hangmans reel than old time. Thats really cool though!

[xms32]

You don't know what a reel sounds like then.

[fiddlinandy]

I come from a similar background as MandolinTory where in Appalachian oldtime fiddling "Hangman's Reel" is a skeleton of the medley played here by Jean. In oldtime it's usually played at breakneck speed and without the pizzicato. After seeing Carignan's version, I will NEVER play it the other way again!  Who knew a bland oldtime fiddle tune came from this beautiful piece of music! Much thanks for all of the Carignan clips here on the tube.

[xms32]

I second that. I'm a breakdown fiddler. Never cared for the Canadian style. Sloppy bowing in my opinion. But this man knows how to work a bow. I've finally found a love for canadian fiddle playing. This is the first canadian I've ever seen to play straight eighth notes. It's the only way to bow a violin. Young people; listen and learn. It's not about the notes although that's nice to have as well. But, it's about the bow. Straight Eight.

[apriloreilly13]

..You said you didnt like the canadian style fiddling, well, Cape Breton(a part of canada)has some great fiddlers, they play mostly scottish music.. Some fo them are very good..

[xms32]

Yes, I'm very knowledgeable about cape breton fiddlers. I've competed in countless fiddle contests against them. It's not so much a style issue with me as it is the music. I don't like the songs they play. I'm sure because I didn't grow up with those songs and the songs that I did grow up with are so complex that hearing a song with very little notation filled with nothing but trills doesn't interest me. What I like about this gentleman's playing is, he's an obvious master of his bow.

[apriloreilly13]

Yeah, I guess it's whatever kind of music your into...and he is without a doubt a master of the bow...

[sgtcrab1]

I am unaware of any CB fiddler in a contest with the exception of the Aboriginal Player Lee Cremo. Ashley, Nathalie, Dwayne , Troy etc do not play contests.

[vithefiddler]

Hey Chris! Post more if you have them. This is some amazing work!

[chrisricker]

Hey

I just posted everything I have of Carignan :D

[vithefiddler]

I'm watching it all right now. I'm totally amazed by his bow work. He is phenomenal.

Thank you so much for posting this stuff. It is a treasure.

[PalaKalola]

Yes, thanks from me as well. (And to you too, Henry for forwarding the link.) I have waited twenty-five years to see any video of Carignan and this one in particular is the best version of Hangman's Reel I've heard anyone ever play. It is astonishing! I have had the recording on cassette.

[htfiddler]

Chris ... thank you so much. I have waited over 30 yrs to watch a video of Jean playing. Awesome! Henry

[vithefiddler]

WOW! Now those are some amazing bowing tricks!

[agentsecret007]

Qui est la jeune femme que l'on voi a la fin?

[mactcampbell]

Jean Carignan was a gifted individual. To bad he wasn't with us a few more years. I would have liked to have seen him perform in person.

[Maginot]

L'année 2008 sera le 20e anniversaire de son décès.

[eatingmyshorts72]

tres belle toune et jouer par un tres bon musicien.

[agentsecret007]

en quel année et en quelle occasion se vidéo a ete filmer? c'est toujours un plaisir de voir jouer M.Carignan

[Maginot]

Si je me trompe pas, ça provient du DVD "Jean Carignan, violoneux" filmé en 1975 par l'Office National du Film du Canada.