Directory of Tune Collections Resources

This category includes collections of Folk tunes in formats such as tablature, ABC, and GIF.

Subcategories

Contemplations from the Marianas Trench

http://www.contemplator.com/
Folk music of Britain, Ireland and America with lyrics, midi files, historical notes and background for traditional tunes. Includes the Child ballads, sea shanties and Turlough O'Carolan's music.
Henrik Norbeck's ABC Tunes

http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/
Indexed source of ABCs for traditional Irish and Scandinavian tunes, organized by title, song type and key.
Jack Campin's Homepage

http://www.campin.me.uk/
A freelance researcher and musicologist maintains a considerable resource of traditional music (in abc format) mostly taken from old and rare sources otherwise difficult to access.
JC's ABC Tune Finder

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind
Database of tunes; downloadable in a variety of formats, including abc, PNG, GIF, PDF and MIDI.
Nigel Gatherer's ABC Collection

http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/abc.html
A collection of traditional tunes in abc format organized by origin.
TradFrance

http://www.tradfrance.com/
A collection of traditional tunes from France (particularly Normandy and Brittany) in abc format. [French and English]
TUNEdb

http://tunedb.woodenflute.com/
A database of 16000+ traditional tunes in abc format, searchable by name, artist, or by entering a fragment of the music. (Richard Moon)

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