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Rhythm

Reel : 320
Jig : 261
Waltz : 194
Strathspey : 95
Polka : 88
Zwiefacher : 69
March : 65
Hornpipe : 54
Steirer : 33
Valse : 30
Galliard : 30
Bulgar : 25
Breakdown : 23
Allemande : 20
Scottish : 19

Link

Link to ABC : 321
Link to Webpage : 50

Titles

Transcriptions

Only 1 transcription : 4971

Movement

Has some stepwise movement : 3237
Has lots of stepwise movement : 1867
Never repeats a note : 394
has only stepwise movement : 108
Spends a lot of time on the same note : 8

Mode

major : 4706
minor : 444

Key

C : 4971
G : 436
D : 205
F : 188
A : 103
A-sharp : 55
E : 42
D-sharp : 24
B : 23
C-sharp : 7
G-sharp : 5
F-sharp : 2

Time signature

4/4 : 1642
2/4 : 997
3/4 : 813
6/8 : 762
2/2 : 507
3/8 : 88
3/2 : 80
7/8 : 71
4/2 : 49
12/8 : 37
9/8 : 27
23/4 : 22
6/4 : 20
11/16 : 12
7/16 : 11

Text

Has accompaniment chords

Has chords : 4971

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Bulgar, Frailach
(Prelude) BWV 933

Also known as Praeludium.
Mister Ed
I Care Not For These Ladies
Do not play final E7 chord on last time through.

Also known as Go Sammy Go.
Lady Lepley
Lovely Maiden
Kritikos Syrtos [Dm]
Vuggesang
Banks of the Condamine
the Golden Wedding

Also known as die Goldene Khasene.
America the Beautiful
De Colores
Neun Do?rfer
Annie Laurie

Folk tune finder is a search engine for folk tunes in ABC notation.
It is run by Joe Wass. You can contact joe@folktunefinder.com with any questions or comments. I love hearing from people who use the site and feedback is always welcome.
All tunes on this site were found somewhere on the web and transcribed by someone, somewhere.