Free scores of popular traditional music, along with a discography and bibliography for each.
Also a collection of tablature for the tin whistle, blues harp, mandolin and guitar. Plus a set of pages on the bass clef for cello players.
Lots of information about the fiddle music of Co. Donegal, Ireland. Among the goodies is an On-Line Fiddle Tutor with ABC's of increasing difficulty/complexity.
This Web site is dedicated to these songs in Breton language, sung in the old days in Brittany, in the West of France. You will find the words in Breton and the score, sometimes a French translation and the subject (in French only, sorry). You can also listen to the tune, provided through a MIDI recording.
"Welcome to Ceolas, the home of celtic music on the internet, since 1994. Ceolas houses the largest online collection of information on celtic music, and has links to hundreds of related sites. "
"We maintain a database of over 1000 traditional British related folk dance tunes. All are stored using the Nottingham ASCII format. They arose from an original core forming the repertoire of Freds Folks Ceilidh Band. The music is now available as PDF files. "
Free downloads (PDF and MIDI) of Francis O'Neill's "Music of Ireland", "Dance Music of Ireland", and "Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melodie" -- over 3,000 tunes!
Good place to visit if you're into ABC's. Maintains .zip files of ABC tunes mirrored from many of the major ABC sites. Come here and download the zips in one swoop!
Free SHEET MUSIC, Midis - All types Fiddling..Celtic, Old Time, Down East, Cajun, etc; BAGPIPES, HIGHLAND DANCING, GUNN CLAN, etc "There's more surprises on this site than under a Scotsman's Kilt!"
Free SHEET MUSIC, Midis - All types Fiddling..Celtic, Old Time, Down East, Cajun, etc; BAGPIPES, HIGHLAND DANCING, GUNN CLAN, etc "There's more surprises on this site than under a Scotsman's Kilt!"
Very entertaining place -- as the author describes: "Dedicated to Irish fiddle, flute, Uiellan Pipe and dance music gleaned (read stolen!) from O'Neill's Music of Ireland, Allan's Irish Fiddler, my own memory, contributions from readers, visits to other sites (as links), all maintained and operated by an Irish madman." Offers Noteworthy files and links.
If you are a musician who is interested in a simple, portable, plain-text music notation with software that will run just about anywhere, you might be at one of the right sites.
"The music from Joseph Mitchell's ballad opera of 1731, The Highland Fair. This is a little-known and never-reprinted work, the earliest or one of the earliest sources of many Scots tunes, in simple and folk-like versions."
