Egan's Polka REVISITED - in D Major; tabbed for mandolin and played by Aidan Crossey

26 January 2022. Possibly the best-known, and arguably the most often-played of Irish polkas. It's an irony that often the better a tune is known, and the more ubiquitous in sessions and the like, the more it's likely to be viewed with disdain by some players. (Thus proving the saying "familiarity breeds contempt".) However when recording tunes for this channel and my website I have found that often its quite instructive to revisit these tunes with a fresh ear and an open mind...
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Notated, tabbed for mandolin and played on his Revelation Jaguar electric mandolin by Aidan Crossey. More on this and many other tunes from the Irish musical tradition at www.TheIrishMandolin.com - follow the link to "learn some tunes".
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[@RedAkumaSan]

I like playing this tune on my concertina with a couple other polkas in the set.