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Tune ID#784 (Gusty's Frolics)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Gusty's Frolics about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TDMI (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slip jig32ABCDD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Gusty's Frolics / Gusty's Frolicks / Gurty's Frolics / Gurty's Frolic / Pléaráca Aibhistín / Súgradh Aibhistín / The Galway Jig (with up to 9 parts) (composed by Gustavis Nicols)
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Discography cd

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).
~19042.7#1
~191916#1
[PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes).
~19532#1
[TDMI] Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. Johnny Doherty (fiddle).
~19748#2
[JD 5] John Doherty. The Floating Bow. John Doherty (fiddle).
~19754#1
[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).
19915#1
[FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin, Séamus Glackin, Kevin Glackin.
~20007#1
[A AS] Altan. Another Sky. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals).
~200013#1
[BMcNmr 1] Brian McNamara. A Piper's Dream. Brian McNamara (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes), Deirdre McNamara (concertina)j.

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Lancers Jig
JD 5
Played beforeOn Albums
Tipperary Hills
A AS

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 #1171 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #444 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #105 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
On page 88 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 58 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [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): 1903