A New Backing Track For “Saint Anne's Reel”

I found this melodic song, “Saint Anne's Reel,” which sounds nice on the 5-string banjo. It is done in Standard Tuning, in the Key of G. Despite its popular association with Ireland, St. Anne’s Reel is actually of French-Canadian origin. The inspiration for the 1929 tune comes from a quaint French village named Baie Sainte Anne, situated on St. Anne’s Bay, near the mouth of Miramichi Bay in New Brunswick. 

• Saint Anne's Reel (faster)
• Saint Anne's Reel (normal)
• Saint Anne's Reel (slower)
• Saint Anne's Reel (slow)
• Saint Anne's Reel (woodshed)

Here is a helpful YouTube video with partial tabs (he wants $6 for full tabs) explaining how to play the song, but if you slow the YouTube speed down to 50% you can figure it out. I made the backing track to play through the whole song four times. It's a typical length backing track. I used a MIDI bass and drums. I am playing my Cort 6-string acoustic guitar. I added an audio loop of a shaker. I used my favorite “Rattle Shake” (pun for Rattle Snake) shaker audio loop at the end.

Dave Hum (1966-2012)