| A |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
|
Allan's Irish fiddler |
gif |
yes |
|
Amazon Creek (note: archived version of this website) |
no |
yes |
| Greg Anderson's original contra dance tunes (note: archived version of this website) |
gif |
yes |
| Apprendre à jouer...? Learning to play...? |
no |
yes |
| Archive.folx.org (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf, png |
yes |
| Atlanta Irish Music (note: archived version of this website) |
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 (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf |
no |
| A big bunch o' tunes |
gif |
yes |
| Big Round
Band |
pdf |
yes |
| Rob
Blakeley's Irish music |
gif |
yes (download) |
| 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 (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf |
yes |
| Breizh partitions |
pdf |
no |
|
David Brinkman's fiddle tunes |
pdf |
no |
|
Ken Brown session tunes (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf |
no |
|
Ken Brown: The black book (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf |
no |
| Eddie Burke sets |
pdf |
no |
| Paul Butler scroll down a little to list of tunes; mostly medieval, renaissance, English country dance, and folk music |
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 Camp |
PDF |
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 |
| Chorley Traditional Music Sessions |
PDF |
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 |
| Fiddle
tunes for viola: fiddle tunes transposed into alto clef (and usually down an octave) to play on viola, in three formats: 1) a large format PDF (one to three tunes per page); 2) a small format PDF (usually three to five tunes per page); and 3) a free iPad app (the iPad app may be viewed at the Apple app store by searching for "fiddle tunes for viola"). The collection is copyrighted, but free of charge. All formats are free to share with anyone, the only restriction being that it always has to remain free--no one can profit from its distribution. If you are uncomfortable downloading a document from google drive, you can request the PDF from Ralph Palmer by e-mail |
PDF |
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 |
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 |
| John Goodin's tunes |
pdf |
no |
| Sarah Gowan's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Original tunes by Sarah Gowan and Bill Quern |
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 |
| Mary Humphreys and Anahata most have ABCs and PDFs; titles not completely arranged alphabetically |
pdf |
yes |
| 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 |
|
King Street sessions tunebook |
pdf |
yes |
| The
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 |
|
Launceston Youth and Community Orchestra Inc |
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 2008 O'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 |
|
Oves låtarkiv (polskas, schottishes, marches, polkas, waltzes, etc.) |
pdf |
no |
|
Oxford Fiddle Group (note: archived version of this website) |
pdf |
yes |
|
Oxford slow session |
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 |
| The public domain song anthology : with modern and traditional harmonization (a compilation of lead sheets for works in the public domain); list of contents on pages xiii-xvii of the book or pages 15-19 of the PDF; see the website for more formats |
pdf (393 pages) |
no |
| Q |
gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif |
ABC |
| Bill Quern's tunes |
pdf |
yes |
| Original tunes by Sarah Gowan and Bill Quern |
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 |
| Pete Showman's tunes |
no |
yes |
| The Shropshire Tune Archive: 20 English dance tunes collected by John Kirkpatrick 2017 |
PDF |
no |
| Michael Shulman's tune list |
pdf |
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 |
| Bill Troxler's Celtic session tune bank |
pdf |
no |
| 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.