Directory of Tune Collections Resources

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Sites which contain collections of fiddle tunes, in any of the commonly used formats.

• standard notation (in PDF or graphic file formats);
• sound files (MIDI, mp3, etc);
• and abc text format files (very common for folk and traditional music).

Resources in This Category

• Allan's Irish Fiddler

  http://www.oldmusicproject.com/allans.html
  A collection of tunes in a range of formats, and notation, transcribed from the book by Hugh McDermott.

• Ceolas: The Fiddler's Companion

  http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc/
  An online database of over 50,000 fiddle tunes, in abc format, from the Celtic, British and American traditions, by Andrew Kuntz.

• Ed Haley Fiddle Tune Transcriptions

  http://home.hiwaay.net/~eabaggot/EdHaley/haley.htm
  Some transcriptions from the fiddle playing of Ed Haley, in standard notation.

• Fiddle Tunes From The American Revolution

  http://www.halcyondaysmusic.com/colonialmusic/
  A collection of fiddle tunes from the American Revolution period in MIDI music format, from the personal notebook of a certain Captain George Bush, officer in George Washington's army.

• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/reed/
  The Henry Reed Collection (Library of Congress); a multi-format online field collection of traditional fiddle tunes recorded in 1966-67. Includes an essay about Reed's life, art, and influence.

• Gow, Niel

  http://tonyupton.tripod.com/gow.html
  A selection of Niel Gow's tunes in gif and midi formats; also offers a tunebook to download in PDF format.

• Hetzler's Fakebook

  http://hetzler.homestead.com/
  A collection of over 500 Celtic and old-time fiddle tunes in midi format for people learning fiddle or other instruments; includes historical notes and contact details.

• Highland Music Trust

  http://www.heallan.com/
  Charitable trust established to encourage Scottish national and traditional music, and reprint collections of fiddle tunes; includes ordering instructions.

• Northumbrian, Tyneside and other Traditional Tunes for the Fiddle

  http://www.peterloud.co.uk/tunebook/
  Offers a collection of fiddle tunes in notation (gif format), and information about ordering his book.

• Sample Tunes

  http://www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/sample_tunes.htm
  A substantial collection of fiddle tunes mainly from the traditions and players of Cape Breton; in notation (gif format) and/or abc formats.

• Stephen Klein's Fiddle Web Page

  http://members.tripod.com/~Rosin_the_bow/index-2.html
  Offers profiles of well-known Cape Breton fiddlers, and a collection of fiddle tunes (in abc format).

• The Fiddler's Companion

  http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/
  Andrew Kuntz's descriptive index of North American and British Isles Music for the fiddle. Includes tunes in abc format, historical notes, biographies of fiddlers, and a collection of articles.

• The John Murdoch Henderson Collection

  http://sites.scran.ac.uk/jmhenderson/
  Information about a collection of fiddle and bagpipe music entrusted to the North East Folklore Archive; includes an introduction, catalog, biography, excerpts from Henderson's writings, and archive audio samples. [Scotland]

• The Session

  http://www.thesession.org/
  ABCs, discussions, and recording index for listed tunes, mostly traditional Irish music. Site contains thousands of tunes in a searchable database. Create your own personal tune book.

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