Sources of Celtic Music
More than fifty tunes are available for download on this website.
More than eighty tunes are available for download on the companion site Celtic Tune Bank
That's a lot of music. However, these collections are hardly a rain drop in the ocean. Below are additional sources for Celtic music. Explore these links to find wonderful music.
More than eighty tunes are available for download on the companion site Celtic Tune Bank
That's a lot of music. However, these collections are hardly a rain drop in the ocean. Below are additional sources for Celtic music. Explore these links to find wonderful music.
ABC Tune Search
This is an essential sources for Celtic music. More than 580,000 tunes are on the site. Searching is easy. Plus there are links to other Celtic music search engines.
http://abcnotation.com/search
The Session
The Session provides tunes in standard notation, ABC notation and mp3s. Easy to search. Entries often provide very helpful commentary about the tunes as well as links to performances and recordings.
The Session is one of the most valuable sources for Celtic music.
https://thesession.org/
O'Neill's
Cheif O'Neill wrote nine volumes of Irish traditional music. He collected more than 3,000 tunes. Many of these can be found at this link:
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/oneils1.html
Turlough O'Carolan tunes
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/OneilsOcarolans.html
John Chambers' Collection
This site offers a huge collection of Celtic music. This meta-search engine is highly effective. However, don't expect a "pretty" user interface. It gets the job done. Search results are returned in multiple formats including ABC notation and Standard notation.
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/findtune
Henrik Norbeck's Collection
User's praise Henrik Norbeck for the accuracy of his collection. More than 2,500 Irish tunes, 400 Swedish tunes, and 100 other tunes are available on the site.
http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/
Allan's Irish Fiddler
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/allans.html
This is an essential sources for Celtic music. More than 580,000 tunes are on the site. Searching is easy. Plus there are links to other Celtic music search engines.
http://abcnotation.com/search
The Session
The Session provides tunes in standard notation, ABC notation and mp3s. Easy to search. Entries often provide very helpful commentary about the tunes as well as links to performances and recordings.
The Session is one of the most valuable sources for Celtic music.
https://thesession.org/
O'Neill's
Cheif O'Neill wrote nine volumes of Irish traditional music. He collected more than 3,000 tunes. Many of these can be found at this link:
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/oneils1.html
Turlough O'Carolan tunes
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/OneilsOcarolans.html
John Chambers' Collection
This site offers a huge collection of Celtic music. This meta-search engine is highly effective. However, don't expect a "pretty" user interface. It gets the job done. Search results are returned in multiple formats including ABC notation and Standard notation.
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/findtune
Henrik Norbeck's Collection
User's praise Henrik Norbeck for the accuracy of his collection. More than 2,500 Irish tunes, 400 Swedish tunes, and 100 other tunes are available on the site.
http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/
Allan's Irish Fiddler
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/allans.html