Sussex Polka

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 Theme code Index    3334 5112
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Polka
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Aylemore
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:William Aylmore music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1796-1818
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Untitled Polka T:aka The Sussex Polka C:Aylmore MS, Sussex M:2/2 L:1/8 K:Gmaj P:A |: GA | "G"B2 B2 Bdce | d2 G2 G2 AB | "C"c2 ec "G/B"B2 dB | "Am7"AGAB "D"A2 GA | "G"B2 B2 Bdce | d2 G2 "G/B"g4 | "C"edcB "D"dcBA | A4 "G"G2 :| P:B |: Bc |"G"d2 d2 "D"d2 ef |"G"g2 d2 d2 ef | gfed "C"edcB |"Am7" cBAG "D"A2 GA | "G"B2 B2 Bdce | d2 G2 "G/B"g4 | "C"edcB "D"dcBA | A4 "G"G2 :|


X:1 T:Sussex Polka M:2/4 L:1/8 Z:Ed Caines O:England A:Sussex R:Polka S:Welch Family MS in Vic Gammon’s Sussex Tune Book K:G DGA|B2B2Bdce|d2G2G2AB|c2ecB2dB|A2A2ADGA| B2B2Bdce|dBG2g3d|edcB dcBA|A3G:| |:Bc|d2d2d2ef|g2d2d2e^f|g^fed edcB|cBAGA2GA| B2B2Bdce|d2G2g3d|edcB dcBA|A2G2:||


X:1 T:Untitled Polka (C) C:Aylmore MS, Sussex S:A version of an untitled polka from the MS collection of William Aylmore, clarinettist, West Wittering, Sussex, dated 1796-1818, and later included as No.52 in 'The Sussex Tunebook' (now out of print). The Aylmore MS is stated to be deposited in the archives of the Sussex Archaeological Society, Barbican House, Lewes, as part of the MacDermott collection of Sussex Music (Source article: The Musical Times, Vol. 95 No. 1338 (August 1954) pp. 436-438). S:Transcribed from a field recording by Steve Dumpleton M:2/2 L:1/8 K:C P:A |: CD | E2 E2 EGFA | G2 C2 C2 DE | F2 AF E2 GE | DCDE D2 CD | E2 E2 EGFA | G2 C2 c4 | AGFE GFED | D4 C2 :| P:B |: EF |G2 G2 G2 AB | c2 G2 G2 AB | cBAG AGFE | FEDC D2 CD | E2 E2 EGFA | G2 C2 c4 | AGFE GFED | D4 C2 :| W: W:Played in a session in the Abbotts Barn, Museum of East Anglian Life, W:Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, at the Traditional Music Day, 4th September 2010, W:organised by the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust.


X: 1 T:Sussex Polka,aka. JMP.026 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=80 C:"27" B:John Miller MS. Perth, 1799.(for the fife) R:.March O:Scotland A:Perth N:Quick Step in Walsh MS(1800), H:1799 Z:vmp.C. Graebe F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Miller/MILLER(12-4-2016).ABC K:G Major G/A/ | BB B/d/c/e/ | dGGG | G/A/B A/B/c | e/d/c/B/ AG/A/ | BB B/d/c/e/| dG G g/f/ | (e/d/)(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/) | A2 G :| |:B/c/ | ddd e/f/ | gdd e/f/ | (g/f/)(e/d/) (e/d/)(c/B/) |\ (c/B/)(A/G/) A G/A/ | BB B/d/c/e/ | dG G g/f/ |(e/d/)(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/) | A2 G :|