Traditional & Folk Songs The songs are accessed by clicking on a letter on the above nav-bar, A for songs beginning A etc. (see below for list of titles) THIS COLLECTION contains around 3700+ traditional and folk songs with midi music files and mp3 audio. Songs from many genres will be found, including: bluegrass, old-time, Celtic (Irish, & Scottish), English, Welsh, Canadian, Australian, & American. Each song page has a link to the midi for that song. If you want scores and tablature for these songs look HERE for guitar tab or HERE for mandolin tab, both include standard notation. The songs in this section are a collection of transcriptions by various individuals. Looking for sheet music or instrument arrangements for these songs? Should you need a print-out of the song, PDF versions (without banners or adverts) are available from the link at the bottom of each song page. You may also be interested in other Traditional, Folk and Old Songs related items on this site:
The Bluegrass Guitar Home Page Chris Peterson's Traditional Music Traditional Music This is a collection of (mostly) traditional music to look at, listen to, or download at your convenience. The emphasis is on traditional Celtic tunes, but there are some others you may find interesting, as well. Tunes marked with a dot are basic repertoire tunes, generally considered useful for beginners to know, at least where I live (it varies somewhat by region). As far as I know, all of these tunes are in the public domain. Remember, this is folk music. Click on the title to hear the tune, and click on [sheet music] to see it. Gospel Songs With Chords, start page & titles list - Christian Gospel Song Lyrics and Chords To view the songs, choose A, B, C etc from the navbar above to go to the song titles beginning with that letter. THIS COLLECTION OF LYRICS with chords includes some 1200 songs, many of these date back to the 19th and early 20th century although many of them are much more modern. These transcriptions are made by many different individuals from all over the world for their own research and instruction and as such should not be considered definitive "official" versions or representative of any particular artist or performance. They are being shared on this site for educational purposes only, please see our copyright page for more info. Gospel Music Definition: Gospel music, can in crude terms, be though of as a sort of cross between popular music and hymns, for a better definition see below. Need to buy Sheet Music Or special Arrangements for contemporary or Traditional Christian MusicCheck out this page for CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC or this one for TRADITIONAL CHRISTAIN MUSIC
Know Better Do Better Project Articles and Other Resources Listed in no particular order. University of South Florida Libraries History of Minstrelsy, from “Jump Jim Crow” to “The Jazz Singer” New York Times podcast Episode 3: The Birth of American Music Ferris State University, Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia The Origins of Jim Crow Kennedi Johnson (permission granted by the author) Tracing the Origins of Blackface Minstrelsy in Children's Folk Music Jack Dappa Blues Podcast, Apr 2, 2019 Dom Flemons - Understanding Blackface, Minstrelsy and Early Black Entertainment Video interview, the music and history of minstrelsy Live with Carnegie Hall: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi 19 minute segment of a PBS documentary, “Vaudeville” (2012) Blacks and Vaudeville Medium article, by Dr. Dinah Put Down Your Horn The White Fear of Taking Racist Songs Out of Music Education, by Martin Urbach You Might Be Left With Silence When You’re Done Mother Jones, by Michael Mechanic The Music I Love is a Racial Minefield Blackface and Hollywood
Where the folkies play! New Tune a Day Chord Charts These are the songs we play at Emmaus Church. We’re not always doing the exact arrangement from the albums listed, they’re usually transposed to a key I can sing, and occasionally edited slightly for simplicity’s sake. If you’re looking for Stereoreel charts you’ll find a more complete list at New standard tuning All-fifths tuning is typically used for mandolins, cellos, violas, and violins. On a guitar, tuning the strings in fifths would mean the first string would be a high B, something that was was impractical until recently.[citation needed] The NST provides a good approximation to all-fifths tuning. Like other regular tunings, NST allows chord fingerings to be shifted from one set of strings to another. NST's C-G range is wider, both lower and higher, than the E-E range of standard tuning in which the strings are tuned to the open notes E-A-D-G-B-E. NST was developed by Robert Fripp, a guitarist for King Crimson. The NST has required greater attention to strings than has standard tuning. History[edit] The open strings of new standard tuning Play New standard tuning (NST) was invented by Robert Fripp of King Crimson in September 1983.[1][2] Fripp began using the tuning in 1985 before beginning his Guitar Craft seminars,[3][4] which have taught the tuning to three thousand guitarists.[5]
The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music Sound Music is one of the chief ways we communicate theology, set the tone for worship, praise God, and connect with one another. While our church has a rich store of familiar hymns and worship songs, maybe it's time to widen the frame, listening to ecumenical neighbors and other voices in our own tradition. These resources should help to get you moving. Have you written music for worship that you'd like to share? What's New: Musical Resources My Heart Sings Out is an outstanding resource for congregations; its hymns are selected for singing in intergenerational congregations and groups, and they're all-ages friendly without being in the least cloying. Emerging church pastor Jonny Baker offers a number of musical resources among his "worship tricks"; his collection of music-related posts is well worth checking out for alternative worship liturgies, and he has a free track for download that's especially appropriate for Pentecost; it's a reading of Acts 2 over ambient music. St.
The Chord Guide: Pt I – Chord Progressions Chord progressions are the canvas on which musicians paint their masterpieces, and it’s a canvas which is a piece of art in itself. A chord progression can be subtle and in the background or it can be blatant and up front; it can be simple and catchy, or it can be technical and complex, it can stay in one key or it can change like the seasons. In any of these cases a chord progression is what drives the song as it literally shapes the music that accompanies it. Chord progressions are like a cozy home where melody and rhythm can kick their feet up. All the songwriting giants, like John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan, to name a few, have/had a tremendous knowledge of the art of the chord progression. This guide is meant to inject an interest in songwriting in new and old guitarists alike, I hope that at some point after reading this you will pick up your old guitar, blow off the dust, and join me in playing music. Chord Progression Guide Major Chord Chart Like this: