Music - Links to Tunes and Songs
The Session
Find traditional songs by common/obscure names; provides sheet music and midi files for songs and their numerous variations. Also lists where sessions can be found in different countries.
YouTube - Comhaltas Saint John
Learning videos and videos of some of our sets.
Brobdingnagian Bards
Scottish and Irish folk songs combined with the Lord of the Rings music and a wee bit o'Celtic fun. The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo from Austin, Texas.
Mudcat.org
The classic folksong archive.
Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Cross-referenced index of recordings of Irish Trad tunes.
The Groton Session
Many Irish Trad tunes, recorded at slow and normal speeds and presented as MP3s.
Montreal Session Tunebook
Large collection of Irish, Scottish, English, and Quebecois trad tunes, indexed and presented as ABC, MIDI, and pdf files.
JC's Tune Finder
Tune-search tool.
Find traditional songs by common/obscure names; provides sheet music and midi files for songs and their numerous variations. Also lists where sessions can be found in different countries.
YouTube - Comhaltas Saint John
Learning videos and videos of some of our sets.
Brobdingnagian Bards
Scottish and Irish folk songs combined with the Lord of the Rings music and a wee bit o'Celtic fun. The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo from Austin, Texas.
Mudcat.org
The classic folksong archive.
Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Cross-referenced index of recordings of Irish Trad tunes.
The Groton Session
Many Irish Trad tunes, recorded at slow and normal speeds and presented as MP3s.
Montreal Session Tunebook
Large collection of Irish, Scottish, English, and Quebecois trad tunes, indexed and presented as ABC, MIDI, and pdf files.
JC's Tune Finder
Tune-search tool.
Bodhran
Tutorials by Michelle Stewart
- Secret to playing with dynamics, part 1
- Secret to playing with dynamics, part 2
- Secret to playing with dynamics, part 1
- Secret to playing with dynamics, part 2
Tinwhistle
Chiff and Fipple
The lighter side of tinwhistles, with buyers' guides and reviews.
Ryan Dunn
Excellent tinwhistle player and teacher, with many Youtube videos.
Brother Steve's tinwhistle pages
Excellent site for those learning the whistle.
Michael Burke whistles
Site to buy whistles
Jerry Freeman tweaked whistles
Site to buy whistles
The lighter side of tinwhistles, with buyers' guides and reviews.
Ryan Dunn
Excellent tinwhistle player and teacher, with many Youtube videos.
Brother Steve's tinwhistle pages
Excellent site for those learning the whistle.
Michael Burke whistles
Site to buy whistles
Jerry Freeman tweaked whistles
Site to buy whistles
Technical Resources
MuseScore
Free (open source) music notation software. Easy to use to produce professional-looking music notation.
Tunepal
Awesome website and smartphone app for either finding and playing tunes or listening to you play and telling you the name of the tune!
LibreOffice
Free (open source) word-processor, spreadsheet, vector drawing, and presentation package. Besides being absolutely free to use, it also can read and write PDF files.
Free (open source) music notation software. Easy to use to produce professional-looking music notation.
Tunepal
Awesome website and smartphone app for either finding and playing tunes or listening to you play and telling you the name of the tune!
LibreOffice
Free (open source) word-processor, spreadsheet, vector drawing, and presentation package. Besides being absolutely free to use, it also can read and write PDF files.
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