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Tune ID#943 (Jim Keeffe's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Jim Keeffe's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDSC (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Polka32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jim Keeffe's / Séamus Ó Caoimh / O'Keeffe's / The Newmarket / Áth Trasna / Din Tarrant's / Antrim Hills (unclearly labeled on JDSC reissue; 1st in set Westport Set-Dancers on MMM; 1st in set Fred Rice's Polkas on CTL 4; for 2nd figure of Sliabh Luachra Set on MISD 7) (2nd part same as 2nd part of Tom Billy's #3782)
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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).
~19771#2
[JDSC] Jackie Daly, Séamus Creagh. Jackie Daly. Séamus Creagh. Jackie Daly (accordion), Séamus Creagh (fiddle). For this tune: Séamus Creagh (fiddle).
~199220#1
[MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's. Pat Friel (accordion), Liam Grealis (fiddle).
199312#2
[CTL 4] Cherish the Ladies. Out and About. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, bouzouki), Maureen Doherty Macken (accordion, whistle), Winifred Horan (fiddle), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Cathie Ryan (vocals).
~1996A.2#1
[MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jim Keeffe's		JDSC
Wandering Minstrel		CTL 4
Played beforeOn Albums
Newmarket		JDSC, CTL 4, MISD 7
[untitled]		MMM

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.
On page 125 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #299 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #37 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): 1977
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