| A |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Alf's place |
no |
yes |
|
Allan's Irish fiddler |
gif |
yes |
|
Amazon Creek (note: archived version of this website) |
no |
yes |
| Greg Anderson's original contra dance tunes |
gif |
yes |
| Apprendre à jouer...? Learning to play...? |
no |
yes |
| Archive.folx.org |
pdf, png |
yes |
| Atlanta Irish Music |
pdf |
no |
| Australian
dance music (note: archived version of this website) |
gif |
yes |
| B |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Banjolin
traditional tunes list |
jpg, pdf |
yes |
|
Hill Country
Tunes by Sam Bayard |
pdf |
no |
|
A big bunch
o' tunes |
gif |
yes |
|
Big Round
Band |
pdf |
yes |
| Bill
Black's tunes online |
pdf |
yes |
| Rob
Blakeley's Irish music |
gif |
yes |
| Blarney
Stone Pub Session Tunebook |
pdf |
yes |
| Blue rose Scandinavian folk music |
pdf (some) |
yes (some) |
| Boe's Strings Celtic jam tune list |
pdf |
no |
| Harry Bolick's new timey fiddle tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Breizh
partitions |
pdf |
no |
|
David Brinkman's fiddle
tunes |
pdf |
no |
|
Ken Brown session
tunes |
pdf |
no |
|
Ken Brown: The black book (136 page pdf; may be slow to load) |
pdf |
no |
| Eddie Burke sets |
pdf |
no |
| Clara Byom original contra dance tunes |
pdf |
no |
| C |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Calgary Folk Music prairie mountain fiddlers tunes |
pdf |
no |
| Cam-French tune collection |
pdf |
yes |
| Jonathan Cannon's tunes |
other |
no |
| Carp Celtic jam |
pdf |
yes |
| CeilidhSoc searchable by composer, key, meter, etc. |
gif |
yes |
| Celtic Orbis |
gif |
no |
| Fiddle tunes (in manuscript) from the Center for Popular Music |
other |
no |
| Ceolas |
gif, pdf |
yes |
| John
Chamber's ABC music collection:
contra |
Irish |
no |
yes |
|
Cincinnati Open
Band |
pdf |
no |
| Co. Champaign
Irish Tune Coll. Online |
pdf |
no |
| Cobb's
music of Ireland |
no |
yes |
| Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Harp of Tara Branch Kingston Irish session tune book |
pdf |
no |
| Séamus Connolly collection of Irish music |
pdf |
no |
| Contra Dan's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Contranella
tunebook |
jpg |
yes |
| Cooley-Keegan
Branch of San Francisco tune list |
gif |
no |
|
Corvallis Celtic jam tune
list and resources |
pdf |
yes |
|
Cranford Publications |
gif |
yes |
| Rich
Crew's tune book |
pdf |
no |
| Tunes
by Phil Cunningham |
no |
yes |
| Czech
Area Concertina Club |
pdf |
no |
| D |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Dallas Area
Contrabands music archive |
pdf |
no |
| Delivery
boys |
no |
yes |
| Dennis'
grab bag of gifs |
gif |
no |
| David
DiGiuseppe original compositions |
pdf |
no |
| E |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Evart
hammered dulcimer festival music archive |
jpg |
no |
| F |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Paul
Fackler's Cape Breton collection
(table
of contents) |
pdf |
yes |
|
The
Fackler collection (original tunes) |
pdf |
no |
| Fiddle
music of Donegal |
gif |
no |
| FiddleFork |
gif
or pdf |
A-M
|
N-Z |
| Fiddle-icious |
pdf |
no |
| Fiddler's
companion |
no |
some |
| Tunes
from "The Field" (collection) from Michael Eskin |
pdf |
no |
| Folkets
Hus Spillefold Collection of dance music (Danish) |
gif, pdf |
no |
| The
Folktune finder |
png |
yes |
|
Freds
Folks Ceilidh Band music book |
pdf |
no |
|
Free ABC format music
sites, a long list of sites with ABC tunes (Some sites are already
listed on this page) |
no |
yes |
| Free
Celtic scores for fiddle |
gif |
some |
| Free
traditional sheet music |
gif, pdf |
no |
| G |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Nigel Gatherer's Tune Index |
no |
yes |
| Paul Gitlitz's original tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Gladys' Celtic corner Mixed bag of old time music |
gif |
no |
|
Kevin M. Goess
fakebook |
jpg, pdf |
yes |
|
Kevin M. Goess
Wassail! xmas fakebook |
jpg, pdf |
yes |
| Good Parking (English contra dance band) |
pdf: jigs|reels|waltzes/polkas |
abc: jigs|reels|waltzes/polkas |
| Sarah Gowan's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Tune file from Le Grand Session de Manchester 153 tunes (mainly dance music from Central France) |
no |
yes |
| Hope Grietzer's Tune of the month archive |
pdf |
no |
| H |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Ed Haley fiddle tune transcriptions |
gif |
no |
| Hand me doon da fiddle by Tom Anderson and Pam Swing; reproduction of the 1981 edition |
pdf |
no |
| Paul Hardy's session tunebook |
pdf |
yes |
| Paul Hardy's Xmas tunebook |
pdf |
yes |
| Paul Haslem's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Hobart Session tunes |
no |
yes |
| Seth Houston's contra-dance music |
pdf |
no |
| I |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Identitairs (Québécois repertoire) |
jpg |
no |
| International music score library project (classical music in the public domain) |
pdf |
no |
|
Tunes of The
Irish Band of Columbia, Missouri (scroll down on
this page for a list of the
tunes) |
no |
yes |
| Irish
heather tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Ithaca Irish Session tunes |
pdf |
no |
| K |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Kaubells
tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| David
Kaynor's tunes |
pdf |
some |
|
Kentucky
Open Band contra tunes |
pdf |
no |
| The Kitchen Musician
alphabetical
list |
by country
of origin |
gif |
no |
| Kiwi
Folk |
pdf |
yes |
| Stephen
Klein's Fiddle tunes in ABC format |
no |
yes |
|
Klezmer
scores |
pdf |
no |
| L |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
John Lamancusa's old time fiddle tune page |
pdf |
no |
|
Lancaster Contra Dance |
pdf |
no |
|
Pete
Loud's collection
scroll down to the
"freebies" section |
gif |
no |
|
Douglas M. Lowder
scroll down to near the bottom of the page |
pdf |
yes |
| M |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| McDermott's Handy |
jpg |
no |
| Dougie MacDonald collection of fiddle tunes |
some |
some |
| Natalie MacMaster's tunes from her CDs |
jpg |
no |
| Maine Fiddle Camp |
pdf |
no |
| Larry Mallette's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Mandozine (under the category "coMandoList Tune of the Week (TOW) File") |
no |
yes |
| Steve Mansfield posts collection of tunes originally posted to mailing lists and Usenet compiled into one site |
no |
yes |
| Contra tunes & etc. by Dave Marcus & friends |
pdf |
no |
| McKennas Irish music site |
pdf |
no |
| Steve McNally's tunes |
pdf |
yes (for most) |
| Mendocino English Country Dance Tune book | Multipart tune book |
pdf |
no |
| Milwaukee Slow Session Tunes |
no |
yes |
| Tunes from Mitchell's famous Irish session |
gif |
yes |
| Montreal session tunebook |
pdf, png |
yes |
| Richard
Moon's TUNEdb |
yes |
yes |
|
Dan Mozell's music
files |
gif, pdf |
no |
| Dexter
N. Muir, ABC tunes |
no |
yes |
| Karen L Myers Scandinavian Folk Music |
pdf |
some (in progress) |
| N |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Nashville
Old-Time String Band Association |
pdf |
no |
| NCFolk session tune
book 1 and
2 |
pdf |
yes |
|
New Mexico Folk Music & Dance Society abc archive |
no |
yes |
| NIPS |
pdf |
no |
| Henrik Norbeck's tune index |
no |
yes |
| North Atlantic tune list: dance & fiddle tunes from around the North Atlantic |
gif |
yes |
|
NOTBOK med
låtar från Södermanland (Scandinavian) |
gif |
no |
| Nottingham folk music database |
gif |
yes |
| Nova Irish session sheet music |
pdf |
yes |
| O |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Paddy O'Brien's sets (collection) |
pdf |
here |
| Complete works of Turlough O'Carolan |
gif |
yes |
| 100 Jigs and Reels of the O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat |
pdf |
abc |
| One Hundred More Tunes of the O'Flaherty
Irish Music Retreat |
pdf |
abc |
| A dozen easy Irish tunes: from the 2008O'Flaherty
Irish Music Youth Camp |
pdf |
abc |
| A baker's dozen easy Irish tunes: from the 2009
O'Flaherty
Irish Music Youth Camp |
pdf |
abc |
| Old-time jam tunes |
no |
yes |
| O'Neill's |
no |
yes |
| Ottawa Cape Breton session |
pdf |
no |
| Ottawa Fiddle Ensemble repertoire |
pdf |
no |
|
Oxford Fiddle Group |
pdf |
yes |
| P |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Pat's tune repository |
pdf |
yes |
| Chris Peterson's traditional tunes | original tunes |
gif |
no |
| Fiddle and mandolin books from Petimar Press |
pdf |
no |
| Pinecone Beginners Irish
Session: tunes book 1
book 2 |
pdf |
yes |
| Q |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Bill Quern's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| R |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Fiddle
Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection |
yes, tif |
no |
| Tunes
collected by John Relph |
no |
yes |
| Riddell
fiddles |
pdf |
no |
| Roaring
Jelly (the one from the Southwest) music archive (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf |
yes |
| Richard
Robinson's Tunebook |
gif |
yes |
|
Paul Rosen's original
tunes |
jpg |
yes |
| Roswell
Irish session |
pdf |
no |
| Royal Scottish Country Dance Society tunes:
book 51 | book 52 |
no |
yes |
| S |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| San Diego Contra Dance repository of printable sheet music |
pdf |
no |
| Paul Sater's abc tunes |
no |
yes |
| Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles core tunes |
pdf |
no |
| The
session |
gif |
yes |
| Sessioneer
(note: archived version of this website) |
gif |
no |
| SessioNite |
no |
yes |
| Shake
The Dice (English ceilidh band) 86 British and French dance tunes |
no |
yes |
| Shelta |
jpg |
yes |
| Michael
Shulman's tune list |
pdf |
yes |
| Pete Showman's tunes |
no |
yes |
| Siamsa
session tunes |
gif |
no |
| Slainte.web
|
pdf |
yes |
| Sliding
Scale Music Tunes from the Western Edge |
pdf |
no |
| The Sligo Creek Hedge's School Children's Irish session booklet |
pdf |
no |
| Slow
session web page from The Celtic Arts Center of Southern California (note: archived version of this website) |
gif |
yes |
| SlowPlayers
music list |
gif, pdf |
yes |
| Sonothèque ABC |
no |
yes |
| Speledans
(Scandinavian) |
no |
yes |
| SPUDS:
reels | jigs | couple dance tunes | sets |
png or pdf |
yes |
| Andrew Swaine's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Swedish
traditional music links |
gif |
no |
| Sydney
Scottish Fiddlers |
no |
yes |
| T |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Three Bean Salad Carp
Camp tune
book |
homework
|
extra
credit |
pdf |
no |
| Tunes for the T.I.M.E.S. |
v.1,
v.
2 |
v.1, v.2
|
|
Le Troubadour wallon (The Walloon troubadour): The Walloon Troubadour |
pdf |
yes |
|
Traditional Music and Dance Wiki: tunes (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf |
yes |
| Traditional
music database aka TUNEdb |
png |
yes |
| Traditional
music from France | Airs
de Normandie |
gif |
no |
Tradition
music library:
best known
tunes |
bluegrass
| Irish
part
1 |
part
2 |
part
3 |
Old-time
| Pub session tunes
part
1 |
part
2 |
part
3 | Scottish
part
1 |
part
2 guitar tab (includes staff notation) |
gif |
no |
| Traditional-style
tunes by Aiden Crossey, Gavin Atkin, Taz Tarry |
no |
yes |
| Trinity Hall sessions (note: archived version of this website) |
no |
yes |
| V |
gif,
jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Vashon Celtic tunes jam tunes (scroll about half way down the page) |
pdf |
no |
|
Victoria Fiddle
Society jam tunes (scroll about half way down the page) |
gif, jpg, or pdf |
no |
| Violin Sheet Music
(including a facsimile of
Ryan's
Mammoth Collection) |
pdf |
no |
| The
virtual session (requires Flash player) |
other |
no |
| W |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Charlie Walden's Missouri Fiddling tune transcriptions (note: archived version of this website) |
PDF or gif |
no |
|
Charlie Walden's sheet music downloads (one-time $10 donation suggested) |
PDF |
no |
| John Walsh's session tunes (collection) |
pdf |
no |
|
Wandering whistler |
gif |
no |
|
Fiddle tunes from Bernie Waugh also 282 fiddle tunes (pdf only) |
pdf |
yes |
|
The way of the fiddle: one fiddler's collection of old-time tunes |
pdf |
no |
|
Glenn Weiser's Traditional Celtic, Irish, & old time tune book |
pdf |
no |
| Whole
Hog Musical Revue |
pdf |
some |
| Wide web ABC index |
no |
yes |
| Wild Dismay tunebook |
gif |
yes |
| Wildfiddle
from Ron Wild |
gif |
no |
| Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club Australian traditional dance tunes |
PDF 1, PDF 2 |
no |
| Brian K. Wood (some original tunes, some photocopied from the Fiddler's
fakebook) |
gif |
no |
| ABC tunes from the Woodenflute mailing list |
no |
yes |
| XYZ |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Peter Yarensky's New Hampshire Old-Time Country Dance (scroll down past
the 4th paragraph to get to the list of ABC arranged by format) |
pdf |
yes |
| Your Friends & Neighbors tunes |
pdf |
no |
These are
free collections of tunes in graphic
format (gif, jpg, pdf, png, or tif) and/or in
ABC notation.