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Tune ID#1578 (Girls at Martinfield)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Girls at Martinfield about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SS 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBE Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Girls at Martinfield, The (1st in set Phil Cunningham Set on SS 1) (composed by Phil Cunningham) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to Scottish music.]
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Discography cd

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Click play below to hear the first 12 seconds.
Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~199113#1
[SS 1] Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon (accordion, fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Jean's Reel		SS 1

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recording listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As reel #587 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]

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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1991
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