Annotation:Staccato Polka

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X:1 T: Staccato Polka C: Robert Whinham M: 2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka B:Dixon - Remember Me (1995, p. 49) K:D [da]z[eb]z|afd z|[ce]z [df]z|edA z|.....

STACCATO POLKA, THE. English, Polka (2/4 time). D Major (‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ parts) & G Major (‘D’ part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. This "Staccato Polka" was composed by Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler originally from Morpeth, Northumberland. There are other tunes as well with the title "Staccato Polka."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - an unattributed 19th century manuscript in the Beamish Museum [Dixon].

Printed sources : - Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 49.

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