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Music Are you the type of musician who can't really play by ear and can't really play from music but need something in between, preferably sheet music and something to play the tune for you to follow. I am! I have tried may software packages through the years and have now use ABC. This not only fulfils my manuscript and playing requirements but there is also a vast amount of folk music already encoded out there in the ether. There are many libraries of tunes available mostly English, Irish and Scots but with a fair sprinkling of other countries. I tend to download a collection and pick my way through it 'til I find a tune I like then I work on it. There are tools on the web to seek out specific titles and even one which will play the tune and displays the manuscript online. For more information try these links: Listed below are the tunes in my current session tune book ( I know some and am intennding to learn the rest). Click on See to see the manuscript or Listen to listen to a Midi replay. (the manuscript and midis are curtosy of convestion routines at JC's Tune Finder To download the whole file click here |
| Phroinsias Ui Mhaonaigh's Mazurka #1 | Look | Listen |
| Phroinsias Ui Mhaonaigh's Mazurka #2 | Look | Listen |
| The Happy One-Step | Look | Listen |
| In Continental Mood | Look | Listen |
| 48 Bar Polka | Look | Listen |
| Auvergne Polka 1 | Look | Listen |
| Auvergne Polka 2 | Look | Listen |
| Belgian Polka | Look | Listen |
| The Knifes Edge | Look | Listen |
| Morgan Magan | Look | Listen |
| The Queen of Hearts | Look | Listen |
| Three Piece Suite | Look | Listen |
| Greengrocers March | Look | Listen |
| Greengrocers March D | Look | Listen |
| Old Danish Schottische | Look | Listen |
| Captain White's Jig | Look | Listen |
| BB's Reel | Look | Listen |
| Alexanders Rag Time Band | Look | Listen |
| He Played His Ukelele as the Ship went Down | Look | Listen |
| Dark Isle | Look | Listen |
| Kingfisher 1 | Look | Listen |
| Kingfisher 2 | Look | Listen |
| Lumpy Custard | Look | Listen |
| Loftus Jones | Look | Listen |
| Three Jolly Sheepskins | Look | Listen |
| Morning Star | Look | Listen |
| Bobby Shaftoe | Look | Listen |
| Reel Béatrice | Look | Listen |
| Sir John Fenwick | Look | Listen |
| Albert's Last Dance | Look | Listen |
| Michael Turner's Waltz | Look | Listen |
| Oyster Girl | Look | Listen |
| Hunting the Hare Jig | Look | Listen |
| Dennis Crowther's No 1 | Look | Listen |
| Find the Lady | Look | Listen |
| Staines Morris | Look | Listen |
| Parsons Farewell | Look | Listen |
| Orange Rogue | Look | Listen |
| Hunting the Hare Reel | Look | Listen |
| Wild Morris | Look | Listen |
| A Small Fee | Look | Listen |
| Abbots Bromley Horn Dance | Look | Listen |
| Broken Rifle | Look | Listen |
| John Lockes Polka | Look | Listen |
| Jump at the Sun | Look | Listen |
| Cajun Two-Step | Look | Listen |
| Galopede | Look | Listen |
| Fiery Clockface | Look | Listen |
| Rope Waltz | Look | Listen |
| Swedish Masquerade | Look | Listen |
| Soldier's Joy | Look | Listen |
| Dingles Regatta | Look | Listen |
| William Taylor's Table Top Hornpipe | Look | Listen |
| One More Dance and Then | Look | Listen |
| Maggie in the Woods | Look | Listen |
| Miss McLeod's | Look | Listen |
| Dorset Four Hand Reel | Look | Listen |
| Peat Fire Flame | Look | Listen |
| Portsmouth | Look | Listen |
| The Fairy Dance | Look | Listen |
| Rochdale Coconut Dance | Look | Listen |
| March | Look | Listen |
| Polka Chinoise | Look | Listen |
| Woodland Revels | Look | Listen |
| Hole in the Wall | Look | Listen |
| Dennis Crowthers No 2 | Look | Listen |
| In the Old Bazaar in Cairo | Look | Listen |
| Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse | Look | Listen |
| In the Toyshop | Look | Listen |
| Jamaca | Look | Listen |
| Old Woman Tossed Up | Look | Listen |
| Grandfathers Tune | Look | Listen |
| Beatrice Hills 3 Handed Reel | Look | Listen |
| Sir Sidney Smith | Look | Listen |
| Song of the Chanter | Look | Listen |
| Sheebeg & Sheemore | Look | Listen |
| Planxty Irwin | Look | Listen |
| La Ride | Look | Listen |
| An Dro | Look | Listen |
| Dennis Crowthers No 3 | Look | Listen |
| Canal in October | Look | Listen |
| Lemmy Brazil's No. 2 in G | Look | Listen |
| Caronlan | Look | Listen |
| Mrs Saggs | Look | Listen |
| The Clog | Look | Listen |
| Seamo's Polka | Look | Listen |
| Owls Green Hornpipe | Look | Listen |
| Nonsuch | Look | Listen |
| Rufty Tufty | Look | Listen |
| Amaryllis | Look | Listen |
| Blaze Away in C | Look | Listen |
| My Dancing Day | Look | Listen |
| Sussex Carol | Look | Listen |
| Wassail | Look | Listen |
| Flatworld | Look | Listen |
| Hewlett | Look | Listen |
| The History Man | Look | Listen |
| Once I loved a Maiden faire | Look | Listen |
| The Eynsham Poacher | Look | Listen |
| Captain Pugwash | Look | Listen |
| As the Tide was Flowing | Look | Listen |
| Lady Flashdash Hornpipe | Look | Listen |
| Childgrove | Look | Listen |
| All in a Garden Green | Look | Listen |
| The Triumph | Look | Listen |
| Marriage March 1 | Look | Listen |
| Marriage March 2 | Look | Listen |
| Marriage March 3 | Look | Listen |
| Old Wife of Coverdale | Look | Listen |
| The LBN Polka | Look | Listen |
| Bourree #1 | Look | Listen |
| Take My Hand | Look | Listen |
| Astley's Ride | Look | Listen |
| Cuckolds all a Row | Look | Listen |
| Cuckolds all a Row C | Look | Listen |
| The History Man | Look | Listen |
| Aint Misbehaving | Look | Listen |
| Entertainer | Look | Listen |
| Lovely Joan | Look | Listen |
| William Kippers Waltz | Look | Listen |
| Dark Peak Polka | Look | Listen |
| Kettle Drum | Look | Listen |