Level: 2/3
Tuning: DADGAD

Another great French Canadian tune- the title means "The Dream of the Beggar Tremblay." I learned this from the playing of the band La Bottine Souriante and have arranged it in DADGAD tuning. Like many tunes from Quebec the measures here are irregular - or to use their very direct term "crooked."! So be careful when you are counting this tune as the measures are not all of the same length.

The harmonic ideas in this arrangement borrow heavily from my friend Andr̩ Marchand who is a master at reharmonizing a simple melody by changing the chords. Here we alter the feel of the tune second time round by radically changing the bass note. These changes generate some cool unexpected major 7th chords against the melody but note that the melody itself doesn't change.