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Marie-Claire Saindon (II) · Le Dep (The Corner Store - Mouth Reel)

Le dep is an original melody hailing from the traditional Acadian and Québecois musical practice of the “turlutte,” or mouth reel. The mouth reel is the art of imitating an instrumental reel or jig with one’s voice, using a specific set of vocables — not unlike jazz scat singers. It would be performed at kitchen parties (still common today) and dance parties, when the instrumentalists wanted to take a break or when no instruments were available. Though mouth reels can be found in many other cultures around the globe, a unique sound featured in the Acadian and Québecois mouth reel is the “ts” sound, much like a mini drum kit hi-hat hit. A reel, jig, or other traditional tune would often be named after a person (to whom the tune is dedicated), a place, or a scene, may it be meaningful or humorous. If named after a place, it would be common for the tune to be written as the composer of said tune was travelling to and/or from the place. Side-note: a "dep" is short for a "dépanneur" in Québec: the corner store. Long story short, I wrote "Le dep" on a trip to and back from the corner store during the pandemic.

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