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- Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier - 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.
- Sample Tunes - A substantial collection of fiddle tunes mainly from the traditions and players of Cape Breton; in notation (gif format) and/or abc formats.
- The English Dancing Master by John Playford - Playford's tunes in abc format - the first collection of popular dance tunes published in the British Isles, in 1651.
- Nigel Gatherer's ABC Collection - A collection of traditional tunes in abc format organized by origin.
- Old Time Fiddle Tunes - A substantial collection of tunes in notation (PDF files) and midi formats.
- Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes - Hundreds of tunes, mostly Irish, but also features a small collection of Swedish tunes. ABC format and searchable.
- Irish Traditional Music Tune Index - Cross-referenced index of traditional Irish tunes on recordings and in published tune books. Includes all alternate titles, exact locations of the tune, and tune publication histories. Note that there are no scores or audio on this site.
- Tunes at Ceolas - Hundreds of celtic tunes in various electronic formats, with the software to view and play them, and a large index of published sources of celtic and other folk tunes.
- Irish Traditional Music Tune Index - Large, detailed database of tunes. Identifies tunes on commercial recordings and in the major tune books. Includes statistics, definitions, and analysis of Irish traditional music.
- Concertina.net's Tune-O-Tron - Has a few hundred tunes, but the unique feature of this site is the ABC Convert-A-Matic which allows you to easily produce a PDF score from any tune in ABC format, online and free.
Wikipedia Articles
- The Swallow Song - ... Richard Fariña’s untimely death in April 1966 (at age 29) he was producing what could have been 25-year old Joan Baez's first electric folk-rock album, which she ultimately shelved. Only three songs from those sessions have ever surfaced over the years, in various collections: “Swallow Song” was a remake of a tune from Richard