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Tune ID#2205 (Denis Murphy's Slide)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Denis Murphy's Slide about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JOL 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slide32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Denis Murphy's Slide / Denis Murphy's / Denis Murphy's #2 / Denis Murphy's Slide #2 / Sleamhnán Dhonncha Uí Mhurchú #2 / Murphy's / Bedford Cross / Pádraig O'Keefe's / Terry Teahen's (2) / The Paper Plate Slide / The Paper Plate (1st in set Brendan Begley's Slides on JOS 1; 2nd in set Slides on JReidy 3; 1st in set Three Slides on PS 7; 1st in set Les Polkas on Sld 3; 2nd in set Tadhg and Biddy's on NNC 3) (also in A, also as polka) (compare Kitty Lyons' #8299)
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Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19775#1
[JOL 1] Johnny O'Leary. Music for the Set. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).
~19811.5#2
[JReidy 3] Johnny Reidy. Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
~198710#1
[JOS 1] Jerry O'Sullivan. The Invasion. Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes).
~19974#1
[COLry] Christy O'Leary. The Northern Bridge. Christy O'Leary (vocals, pipes, whistle, fiddle, harmonica). For this tune: (fiddle), with Tim O'Leary (fiddle).
19987#1
[PS 7] Patrick Street. Live from Patrick Street. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle). For this tune: 1st time Kevin (fiddle).
200216#1
[LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (fiddle).
20033#2
[CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle).
~20063#1 (0:28)
[Sld 3] Slide. Overneath. Éamonn de Barra (flute, whistle, bodhrán, piano, vocals), Daire Bracken (fiddle, guitar, strings, vocals), Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki, cittern, mandolin, vocals).
200714#1
[Aths 1] Áthas. Áthas. Heather Lewin-Tiarks (fiddle, viola, cello), Amy Richter (bodhrán, djembe, whistle), Jeff Ksiazek (guitar, whistle, flute). For this tune: Heather (fiddle), Jeff (whistle).
201011#2
[MCnDMn] Mick Conneely and David Munnelly. 'Tis What It Is. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki), David Munnelly (accordion, melodeon).
20122#2
[NNC 3] Niamh Ní Charra. Cuz. A Tribute to Terry "Cuz" Teahan. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina, vocals, viola). For this tune: (fiddle), with Liz Carroll (fiddle).

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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 recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #85 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #74 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 32 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
As tune #105 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [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): 1971