Earl, I hope you got the impression here that you have to learn something about ABC notation. You'll find there's a wealth of fiddle music out there for you, but you have to know how to use and ABC player. Check all the ABC sites listed on our Links Page (click). The first link given in this thread was the ABC Home Page It will lead you to everything you need to know about ABC. As for placers, there are many good ones available for free or at a low price. I use ABCMUS (click) which has a $10 registration fee - but the unregistered version works pretty well. Once you play a few ABC tunes, you may want to learn how to transcribe tunes into ABC notation - it isn't hard.
You may also want to visit Yet Another Digital Tradition to access the Digital Tradition tunes in various formats. Also, click here for another thread on computer music notation.
Our own John in Brisbane made up a wonderful guide for ABC, but I can't find it. Can anybody post a link?
-Joe Offer-