Collections of Tunes and Lyrics
--- and when really lucky - the stories about them!
With the best intentions in the world as people do their best to preserve these wonderful tunes, errors creep in and are passed on. Often the differences are simply variations because tunes were passed along by ear. It can take a lot of research using many sources to make sure you've got what you set out to find.
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Ceolas.org
largest online collection of info on celtic music, and 100's of links -
Henrik Norbeck's ABC Tunes
1661 Irish tunes (in ABC & Midi format) -
Irish Tune.info
Irish Traditional Music Tune Index - Alan Ng's Tunography
extensive; well-researched; accurate; Irish session and dance music -
The Fiddler's Companion
Andrew Kuntz - songs & tunes in ABC format; plus history, discography, sources, and often several variations -
County Champaign Irish Tune Collections Online
Jerome Colburn - closest to session music played hereabouts -
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
international movement dedicated to preservation of Irish traditional music -
JC's Online Music Books
A number of historic tune collections transcribed into ABC notation -
Richard Robinson's Tunebook
a collection of traditional tunes, and new tunes in traditional styles - Scots tunes, Irish tunes, Scandinavian, English, French, Balkan and more -
Irish Traditional Music Archive
Ireland's national reference archive and resource centre for the traditional song, instrumental music and dance of Ireland -
Donagh MacDonagh Song Collection
song lyrics not commonly available elsewhere - collected from radio listeners in Ireland in the 1940's and '50s -
Dennis Gormley's "Grab Bag of Tunes"
well-known in Philly, Dennis Gormley is a member of "McDermott's Handy" -
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales & America
Lesley Nelson-Burns' (aka the Contemplator)'s Folk Music Site -
McKenna's Irish Music site
tune books, sheet music, etc by Hans Jørgen "mckenna" Jensen -
Tune Collections in ABC notation
Chris Walshaw - plus learning ABC -
Tune Collections on the Internet
Impressive collection of links to other collections -
The Session.org
by "Jeremy" - not fact-checked: a lot of mis-information in with the good -
Sing Out!
Bethlehem, PA - dedicated to the preservation of traditional folk music