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The simplest query contains a single word. For example, to find songs containing the word "diving", use the query:
The "OR" character indicates that only one of the words need occur.
Use a space character between words to search for a phrase or sequence of words.
Note that when "AND" and "OR" are both used, the "AND" terms are always grouped first (sorry, no parentheses).
When searching for a phrase, square brackets [] are use. For example "[wooden boats]".Ballads from the Child collection are marked with "Child #...", so to search for all Child ballads or a specific one, try searches like:
Beginning with the April 1996 version, new additions to the database are marked with a tag indicating the version date (e.g. "apr96"), so to search for all songs added in a particular version, try a search like:
The examples above are linked to the Digital Tradition server, so selecting them will perform the corresponding search. See also About The Digital Tradition.
updated 9/24/96 by The Bartender