Peter Brook Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Hi Does anyone know of useful web resources for looking up tunes? I'm looking for an Irish tune called "The Battering Ram". Tried Mudcat but no joy there. many thanks, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lester Bailey Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 The best place in the whole world for tunes is JC's Tune Finder. It has 32 matches for the battering Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brook Posted September 6, 2004 Author Share Posted September 6, 2004 Thanks Lester, I'll give that a whirl. all the best, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 The other excellent source is thesession.org Cheers Morgana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildogturpy Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Just to whine a bit here ... <gripe>At thesession.org the tools for adding abc tunes to the database severely restrict what information can be included. For example you can not add the composers details, you can't put in a tune type (jig, reel etc) if it is not already on the list, you can't choose the time signature - you have to choose that by tune type. This means in order to get a 2/4 schottische in you have to enter it as a polka! This may not be such a big deal for thesession.org users (myself included) since comments can be added, though not at part of the abc file. Unfortunately, JC's tune finder scans thesession.org database and so the tunes also end up distributed around the internet in their pecular formatting. I tried convincing people there to have tune submissions follow the system used on this site but I don't think there is the motivation to change anything there.</gripe> As for listening to abc tunes, I find the tune-o-tron here really useful. You can just paste in the abc and print out the music, or listen to the midi file directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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