online sources for traditional music

Dusty Turtle
Dusty Turtle
@dusty
5 years ago
1,720 posts

Thanks, @Robin-Thompson.  Those sites are definitely worth adding to the list, although they are a bit removed from my current project.  Je te remercie!




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Robin Thompson
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson
5 years ago
1,415 posts

I'm not sure whether these fall into the category of interest, Dusty?

https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu

https://libraryguides.berea.edu/bsaresearchguides/researchguides


updated by @robin-thompson: 08/21/19 12:05:19PM
Dusty Turtle
Dusty Turtle
@dusty
5 years ago
1,720 posts

Thank you, @Redmando and @Ken-Hulme! You've added very helpful sites to my list.




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Ken Hulme
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
5 years ago
2,111 posts

Hey Dusty -- Here's one of the good old sites.  Very thorough:

www.contemplator.com

includes, with MIDI files and lyrics for most tunes:

Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America

Francis J Child Ballads
Popular Songs in American History
Songs of The Sea
Turlough O'Carolan
Taylor's Traditional Tune Book

Contemplations on Life

 


updated by @ken-hulme: 08/21/19 06:58:30AM
Redmando
Redmando
@redmando
5 years ago
24 posts

Hi @dusty-turtle - here's a one for you, Folk Archive Resource North East (FARNE). Unfortunately no longer supported, it originated as a grant-funded project run by Gateshead Council. There is loads of stuff here, but it is a little bit tricky to navigate. http://www.farnearchive.com/browse_by_collection.asp


updated by @redmando: 08/21/19 06:01:30AM
Dusty Turtle
Dusty Turtle
@dusty
5 years ago
1,720 posts

Hi all. I am nearing the completion of a small project on music from the British Isles dating from 1500 to 1800, and I am including a list of online sources for traditional music.  I offer it her for two reasons: 1) some of you might find the list helpful; and 2) some of you might know of some important websites that I have not listed but should.  Please let me know what I've left off the list.  Mille grazie!

Folk Tune Finder https://www.folktunefinder.com/

Hetzler’s Fakebook http://hetzler.homestead.com/index.html

Old Time Fiddle Tunes (Penn Sate University) https://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.html

Old Town School of Folk Music https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/adults/fiddle/tunes/

O’Neill’s Music of Ireland http://www.oldmusicproject.com/oneils1.html

Rampant Scotland http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_index.htm

The Session https://thesession.org

Tin Whistle Tunes (formerly Clips & Snips) http://tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/index.htm

Traditional Music Library http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk

Traditional Tune Archive https://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA

 




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As a musician, you have to keep one foot back in the past and one foot forward into the future.
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