Listings that Need Work
This page provides some useful resources for contributing materials to this site, and also lists the tunes that are missing notes, chords, a recording, origin, history, or (for local tunes only) sheet music.
Resources
In addition to consulting printed material, interviewing authors, and searching the web, the following resources were particularly useful in researching the tune histories that are provided on this site:
- Traditional Tune Archive offers the most detailed and complete research.
- The Session generally lists more versions; commentary is only sometimes useful.
- Folk Tune Finder is useful for finding tunes by name or by entering notes, but does not contain history.
- EasyABC makes it possible to play audio for the ABC notation found on the above sites.
- Historical Tune Books is a list of historical tune books, some of which are available online.
Since tunes are often known under several names, searching each of these (and the web in general) using all the names often produces results where a single search will not.
Incomplete Listings
Please help complete these listings by emailing the missing notes (first 2-3 measures of each part) or chords to submit@music.cambridgeny.net
Battenkill Rambler (by Caz Lewis) - G Major
Burchard's Hornpipe (by Michael Springer) - ? Major
Coleman's March - D Major
Dissatisfaction (by Stephan Deibel) - ? Major
It Was the Cat (by Caz Lewis) - ? Major
Luna Moth (by Caz Lewis) - E Minor / A Minor
March of the Bullfrogs (by Stephan Deibel) - ? Major
Oak Leaf Reel (by Susie Secco) - B Minor
Old Trunk (by Stephan Deibel) - ? Major
Possum in the Woodchuck Trap (by Caz Lewis) - E Minor
Quarry Cross - E Minor
Riley's Reel - G Major
Tidley-Idley (by Stephan Deibel) - A Minor
Valentine's Day - ? Major
Tunes with No Recording
Please help complete these listings by creating a slow and clear recording of the melody, played once or twice, and emailing it to submit@music.cambridgeny.net
6/8 De Rapides (by Sabin Jacques) - G Major
Arran Boat Song - E Minor
Belle Mere's Waltz (by Phil Cunningham) - F Major
Bert Ferguson (by Samuel Ian Rothmar Burns) - A Major
Boy's Lament for His Dragon (by William MacKay) - D Major
Charles O'Connor (by Turlough O'Carolan) - D Major
Corn Rigs - D Major
Cowboy Waltz - D Major
Da Auld Stoers Back Again - G Modal
Devlin's - B Minor
Dimmers - G Major
Far From Home - G Major
Flatbush Waltz (by Andy Statman) - G Minor
Gentle Maiden - G Major
Gigue de Salon (by Pascal Gemme) - A Major
Harvest Home - G Major
Isolation Jig (by Stephan Deibel) - G Major
It Was the Cat (by Caz Lewis) - ? Major
Jimmy Ward's - G Major
Kesh Jig - G Major
Lovers' Waltz (by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason) - G Major
Mackenzie Hay (by J. Scott Skinner) - D Major
Metsäkukkia - G Minor
Out on the Ocean - G Major
Pachelbel's Frolics - D Major
Paddy on the Railroad - D Major
Paddy on the Turnpike - G Minor
Quarry Cross - E Minor
Queen of Sheba Arrives (by Randy Miller) - G Major
Reel Beatrice - A Minor / A Minor / C Major
Rose in the Heather - D Major
Slängpolska (Eklunda Polska #3) (by Vikste-Lasse) - G Major
Spider in the Sails - E Minor
Sunday River (by Pete Sutherland) - F Major
Tamlin (by Davey Arthur) - D Minor
Up and Down Economy (for Stephan) (by Bliss McIntosh) - A Minor
Tunes with Unknown Origin
If you have a documented original provenance for any of these tunes, please email submit@music.cambridgeny.net
Spider in the Sails - E Minor
Tunes with No Known History
If you have documented history for any of these tunes, please email submit@music.cambridgeny.net
Cowboy Jig - G Major
Spider in the Sails - E Minor
Local Tunes Missing Sheet Music
If you have sheet music for any of these tunes, please email submit@music.cambridgeny.net
Bumblebee (by Stephan Deibel) - G Major
Bumblebee Arrangement (by Stephan Deibel) - G Major
Dissatisfaction (by Stephan Deibel) - ? Major
Eric's Waltz (by Eric Margan) - G Major
It Was the Cat (by Caz Lewis) - ? Major
Luna Moth (by Caz Lewis) - E Minor / A Minor
March of the Bullfrogs (by Stephan Deibel) - ? Major
Old Trunk (by Stephan Deibel) - ? Major
Our Outboard Motor Died But We Got Saved (by Stephan Deibel) - G Major
Possum in the Woodchuck Trap (by Caz Lewis) - E Minor
Remembering the Warbler (by Stephan Deibel) - D Major
Tidley-Idley (by Stephan Deibel) - A Minor
Source Code
You can set up your own local copy of this website, which runs on Flask and Python on Linux or macOS. The source code and all the tune files are available on github. You'll need to clone the repository and run the platform setup script src/platform/setup.py or its equivalent to set up the dependencies. Then use src/website/tunejam.py as the main entry point to start the site running in Flask.
Please contact me for help. I am currently the only developer, and would improve packaging and docs if anyone else wants to join in the effort.
Site Version 2.1 - Maintained by Stephan Deibel