Tune Coding: There is a file on my website with a proposal for a new format for tune coding. There is also a sample file drawn from the Irish Tune Code Index there that uses the new method. There is also a QuickBASIC program (ASCII style) that will read in the sample file and do a number of things with it.

You can search various ways to select tunes, and then play the code (not very interesting) and plot the tunes (with all flats and sharps for the normal key-mode combination, and any accidentals are also taken care of)

You can even find all tunes that differ from your specified one by 0, 1, 2, 3, or whatever, notes (good for when tune is in different modes from different sources, or like "Jenny Dang the Weaver", where different sources have the tune starting on the 1st, 3rd, or 5th of the scale).

Happy Holidays, Mudcatters

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