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New Transposed Editions!
STOP PRESS... we're delighted to announce new B flat and E flat transposed editions of the The Unexpected Polka & Other Tunes. These will be available in May 2026. Order using the contact form but make sure to specify if you want a B flat or E flat transposed edition and how many. For orders that don't specify a transposed edition we will assume you require the original standard edition of the book.
An essential music book by Chris Jewell & Alastair Gavin of well over 100 folk tunes for musicians of all levels wishing to play a broad range of traditional and modern folk music, many of the tunes mainstays of the standard folk dance repertoire, and a few a little more, well... unexpected!
On the Audio pages are free to download play-along audio tracks of all the tunes in the Part A/PROMENADE section of the book, performed by Chris & Alastair at both full and slower tempos for easier learning of the tunes.
The Part B/PROGRESSION section contains another 70+ tunes with second parts covering all the styles you will need to play for a folk dance. Visit the Videos page for performances by Chris of the tunes in this section, which will be added periodically as they are made. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel here to be kept updated.
You can see Sample Pages of the book here.
Please go to the Contact/Order form page to order copies of The Unexpected Polka & Other Tunes at £15 plus P&P.
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