Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1417 (Gneevgullia Polka)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Gneevgullia Polka
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of how I (Alan Ng) play this tune.

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Gneevgullia Polka, The / The Newmarket Polka #2 / Mick Duggan's Polka 1 (2nd part compare #974)

cd Discography

I have determined by careful listening that there are zero recordings of this tune anywhere on the indexed recordings, regardless of tune title.

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.

As tune #64 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #45 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
In [L] Alan's private loose music.

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1981
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