Local Folk Music Sites
A Small Selection…
| SHOCC Dances | English Ceilidh in the South - a ceilidh series in South Hampshire for the South of England. |
| The English Folk Dance and Song Society |
The EFDSS is the primary UK organisation for stimulating
the practice and enjoyment of folk music, dance, song, custom
and drama. The Spike Island Band is an Affiliated Member. |
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WebFeet: Dance Index & Comprehensive Band Index |
A good place to look if you want to find a dance in your area, and there are links to others bands too! |
| And some other local barn dance bands we know... | |
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| Bursledon Village Band | A band with great experience of performing authentic traditional English social dance music. |
| Corn Rigs | An esteemed local band with lots of musical variety and experience. |
| Threepenny Bit | An 8-piece band, formed only a few years ago. Besides ceilidhs, they are often out street busking or playing at a festival. |
| Woodfidley | A folk dance display team with a band, based in Winchester. |
| Some tune libraries and software... | |
| for your amusement and delectation (especially if you're a musician)... | |
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John Chamber's Tune Finder |
A search engine for finding traditional tunes in
abc format. Also able to render as sheet music and midi file. |
| ABCNotation.com |
A huge collection of 1/3 million traditional tunes, ranging from medieval to present. Tunes are available in abc, midi and sheet-music format. |
| The Session |
A collection of celtic folk tunes and music. Hosted in the USA. Tunes are available in abc and sheet-music format. |
| MuseScore |
Free music composition & notation software. WYSIWYG note entry; Unlimited number of staves; Up to four voices per staff; Easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or MIDI; Integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer; Import and export of MusicXML and Standard MIDI Files (SMF); Available for Windows, OS-X and Linux. |