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24 Jun 01 - 12:42 PM (#490853) Subject: Help: Irish Music From: GUEST,Nathan Hello all, as a young musician who likes to play irish but doesn't have the chance to make it to any sessions, I was wondering if there are any large midi libraries of irish music, preferrable fiddle oriented. Any guidance would be appreciated, thanks. |
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24 Jun 01 - 12:44 PM (#490856) Subject: RE: Help: Irish Music From: Sorcha JC's Tunefinder. Type in a title, then choose a format. G is for gif which is sheet music. There are several others, but you need an abc translator program for most of them. |
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24 Jun 01 - 12:50 PM (#490857) Subject: RE: Help: Irish Music From: Sorcha Oh, yea, forgot to say if you really want midi, click on the M....... |
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24 Jun 01 - 12:51 PM (#490858) Subject: RE: Help: Irish Music From: Malcolm Douglas There are many, but I don't know of any that have only Irish tunes (in so many cases, it's impossible to be sure whether a tune is originally Irish, Scottish or English). The most comprehensive resource is certainly J C's Tunefinder, as Sorcha says, though in principle you search there for a given tune-name. Look at CEOLAS for lots of very useful links; it's where I started out looking for fiddle tunes a couple of years ago when I was new to search-engines and the like. Malcolm |
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25 Jun 01 - 12:06 AM (#491117) Subject: RE: Help: Irish Music From: alison try this one virtual session good fun for playing along with slainte alison |
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25 Jun 01 - 12:12 AM (#491121) Subject: RE: Help: Irish Music From: Sorcha Also, the Ceolas link to Richard Robinson's Tunebook is outdated, new page Here. |
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25 Jun 01 - 09:19 AM (#491299) Subject: RE: Help: Irish Music From: Brían I have found much too late in life, that bringing a tape recorder along to a session or performance and repeating the name of the tune on tape has helped me learn dozens more tunes than the stacks of books I have. Brían. |