Tune Index - Revision history

Chris Partington: change polka to country dance

2012-12-22T11:59:38Z

change polka to country dance

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	Ask any gathering of session musicians about what tune is what and how they should be categorised and you can settle down for a good long and possibly heated discussion. One persons hornpipe is another ones schottische. What started off os a mid 18th century ~~polka~~ ends up as fast Shetland Reel. Tunes morph, change tempo, split and recombine in different ways, change title, emigrate to another country and style... and so it goes on.		Ask any gathering of session musicians about what tune is what and how they should be categorised and you can settle down for a good long and possibly heated discussion. One persons hornpipe is another ones schottische. What started off as a mid 18th century country dance ends up as fast Shetland Reel. Tunes morph, change tempo, split and recombine in different ways, change title, emigrate to another country and style... and so it goes on.

	Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.		Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.

Chris Partington: /* Search Engines */ re-order

2012-12-22T11:43:12Z

Search Engines: re-order

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	Here are some websites from where webcrawlers search the internet for you for tunes, often in [[ABC notation]]. They all cover basically the same ground, but present the results in slightly different ways, so choose the format you like best and remember that you may find a missing tune by choosing a different engine if your first choice doesn't find it. All you will need are a title, or a section of the tune in ABC notation.		Here are some websites from where webcrawlers search the internet for you for tunes, often in [[ABC notation]]. They all cover basically the same ground, but present the results in slightly different ways, so choose the format you like best and remember that you may find a missing tune by choosing a different engine if your first choice doesn't find it. All you will need are a title, or a section of the tune in ABC notation.

	~~[http://www.folktunefinder.com/ Folktunefinder]~~

	[http://abcnotation.com/ abcnotation.com]		[http://abcnotation.com/ abcnotation.com]
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	[http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind JC's ABC Tunefinder]		[http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind JC's ABC Tunefinder]

			[http://www.folktunefinder.com/ Folktunefinder]

	==Illustrative samples==		==Illustrative samples==

Chris Partington: sp

2012-12-22T11:25:58Z

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	==Search Engines==		==Search Engines==

	Here are some websites from where webcrawlers search the internet for you for tunes, often in [[ABC notation]]. They all cover basically the same ground, but present the results in slightly different ways, so choose the format you like best, and remember that you may find a missing tune by choosing a different engine if your first choice doesn't find it. All you will need are a title, or a section of the tune in ABC notation.		Here are some websites from where webcrawlers search the internet for you for tunes, often in [[ABC notation]]. They all cover basically the same ground, but present the results in slightly different ways, so choose the format you like best and remember that you may find a missing tune by choosing a different engine if your first choice doesn't find it. All you will need are a title, or a section of the tune in ABC notation.

	[http://www.folktunefinder.com/ Folktunefinder]		[http://www.folktunefinder.com/ Folktunefinder]

Chris Partington: add ext link to Fiddler's Companion

2012-12-22T11:23:26Z

add ext link to Fiddler's Companion

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	Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.		Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.

	Probably the most comprehensive annotated database of folk and traditional tunes, is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly ~~<i>~~The Fiddler's Companion ~~</i>~~.		Probably the most comprehensive annotated database of folk and traditional tunes, is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FCfiles.html The Fiddler's Companion ].

	[http://village-music-project.org.uk/ The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[ABC notation]].		[http://village-music-project.org.uk/ The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[ABC notation]].
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	==Search Engines==		==Search Engines==

	Here are some websites from where webcrawlers search the internet for you for tunes in [[ABC notation]]. They all cover basically the same ground, but present the results in slightly different ways, so choose the format you like best, and remember that you may find a missing tune by choosing a different engine if your first choice doesn't find it. All you will need are a title, or a section of the tune in ABC notation.		Here are some websites from where webcrawlers search the internet for you for tunes, often in [[ABC notation]]. They all cover basically the same ground, but present the results in slightly different ways, so choose the format you like best, and remember that you may find a missing tune by choosing a different engine if your first choice doesn't find it. All you will need are a title, or a section of the tune in ABC notation.

	[http://www.folktunefinder.com/ Folktunefinder]		[http://www.folktunefinder.com/ Folktunefinder]

Chris Partington: Added Search Engines

2012-12-22T11:21:13Z

Added Search Engines

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	Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.		Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.

	Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.		Probably the most comprehensive annotated database of folk and traditional tunes, is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.

	[http://village-music-project.org.uk/ The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[ABC notation]].		[http://village-music-project.org.uk/ The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[ABC notation]].

			==Search Engines==

			Here are some websites from where webcrawlers search the internet for you for tunes in [[ABC notation]]. They all cover basically the same ground, but present the results in slightly different ways, so choose the format you like best, and remember that you may find a missing tune by choosing a different engine if your first choice doesn't find it. All you will need are a title, or a section of the tune in ABC notation.

			[http://www.folktunefinder.com/ Folktunefinder]

			[http://abcnotation.com/ abcnotation.com]

			[http://space-bar.co.uk/folk/index.html Folk-Music.org]

			[http://www.englishfolkinfo.org.uk/folkmus.html Martin Nail's Resources]

			[http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind JC's ABC Tunefinder]

Chris Partington: Change Abc code to ABC notation

2012-12-22T11:00:04Z

Change Abc code to ABC notation

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	Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.		Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.

	[http://village-music-project.org.uk/ The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[~~Abc code~~]].		[http://village-music-project.org.uk/ The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[ABC notation]].

JohnnyAdams at 10:28, 6 October 2012

2012-10-06T10:28:33Z

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	Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.		Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.

	Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA\|The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.		Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.

	[http://~~www.~~village-music-project.org.uk\|The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[Abc code]].		[http://village-music-project.org.uk/ The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[Abc code]].

JohnnyAdams: correction

2012-10-06T10:26:21Z

correction

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	Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA\|The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.		Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA\|The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.

	[http://village-music-project.org.uk/\|The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[Abc code]].		[http://www.village-music-project.org.uk\|The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[Abc code]].

JohnnyAdams: Re-vamped index page.

2012-10-06T10:23:36Z

Re-vamped index page.

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	Ask any gathering of session musicians about what tune is what and how they should be categorised and you can settle down for a good long and possibly heated discussion. ~~The following list will~~ not ~~meet everybody's approval~~ but it's ~~a starting point~~.		Ask any gathering of session musicians about what tune is what and how they should be categorised and you can settle down for a good long and possibly heated discussion. One persons hornpipe is another ones schottische. What started off os a mid 18th century polka ends up as fast Shetland Reel. Tunes morph, change tempo, split and recombine in different ways, change title, emigrate to another country and style... and so it goes on.

			Folkopedia is not destined to contain a definitive collection of tunes but it can provide a route to many different collections and an opportunity to find some of the research undertaken over the years.

			Probably the most comprehensive database of folk and traditional tunes is to be found at the [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA\|The Traditional Tune Archive] formerly <i>The Fiddler's Companion </i>.

			[http://village-music-project.org.uk/\|The Village Music Project] focuses on tunes found in manuscript books mostly from 17thC to 18thC English sources and publishes tune collections in [[Abc code]].

	~~Behind these links you'll possibly find titles, history, links to [[abc code]] or some actual code, maybe MIDI, links to associated dances or songs........~~

	~~The [[William Clark Ms]] page has links to scans of pages from this tune book.~~		==Illustrative samples==

	* [[~~All - Alphabetical~~]]		Behind these links you'll possibly find titles, history, links to [[abc code]] or some actual code, maybe MIDI, links to associated dances or songs........

	* [[Hornpipes]]		* [[Hornpipes]]

JohnnyAdams at 20:50, 20 March 2011

2011-03-20T20:50:46Z

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	* [[Tunes in Common Time]]		* [[Tunes in Common Time]]

	* Test edit

	* [[48-Bar Common Time Tunes]]		* [[48-Bar Common Time Tunes]]