lydia ievins : music : tunes

tunes by lydia!

a sampling, by request. i'll also post the abc at some point -- if you want it in the meantime, ask. :)

(click on column headers to sort)
tune name	date	pdf	mp3	dance
Waiting for Andrea	2009-04-18, rev 2009-06-23	pdf	mp3	waltz
Belle of Greensboro	2009-06-23	pdf	mp3	waltz
Dewitt Road	2009-06-26	pdf	mp3	gånglåt
Hedgehog Waltz	2009-06-26	pdf	mp3	waltz
Polska till Margie	2009-07-25	pdf	mp3	polska fr. Rättvik

a few Swedish tunes to share

9/07: rather than emailing files around, i'm following David's lead in posting music for a few of the Swedish tunes i've brought to the Montague session lately.

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tune name	source	pdf	abc	region	dance
Bellmans polska	efter Gustav Jernberg	pdf		Hälsingland	polska fr. Åmot
Farewell	av Eiwor Kjellberg från Järvsjö	pdf		Hälsingland
I skymundan	av Kaisa Abrahamsson från Bergsjö	pdf		Hälsingland
Midsommardröm	av Kaisa Abrahamsson från Bergsjö	pdf		Hälsingland
Trollet i skäkten (the troll in the linen machine)	trad.	pdf	abc	Hälsingland	polska fr. Alfta-Arbrå

other tune resources

the Bollnäs Spelmanslag has a lovely page of PDFs for their repertoire
Karen Myers has a highly developed site of Swedish tunes with incipits, map links, some PDFs and sound files
Spillefolk, a group in Copenhagen, publishes a site of Scandinavian tunes with PDFs and sound files.

David Kaynor posts tunes in his Public folder in PDF, ABC, and sound files; some of his tunes are Swedish
Laurie Hart has a podcast of tunes she plays (slowly and at tempo) for her students; some of her tunes are Swedish

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