G8INA's Irish Music Page
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Links to Magazine / Info style sites :

 Links to Musical Instrument / Shop Sites :

I bought my Roddy Turner Bodhran from the Music Room, in 1997 and it has served me very well since then. I've never been tempted by any other drum so far !! Marcus Coulter was the All Britain Pipes Champion a few years ago, and was a member of our branch of CCE. Phil's Big Whistle site is a must for any whistlers, and Steve Noon's new Eagle Music (ex of The Music Room) is a real friend to all Irish musos.
Resident Recording Studios offer Irish Music audio recording experise in the London area, nice guys !
and the only NON music link here : O'Gills shop for Irish Giftware !!!!!!

Links to other folk music sites of note :
Colcannon Firebrand Les Barkers Place Woodman Folk Club

I was invited to teach Bodhran for Folkus a few years ago, thanks to Alan Bell and Dave Jones for the invite, great fun guys (sadly it's had to stop due to my disability) !! At Chester Festival 2002, I won the competiton for best festival photos, my "Festival Of Feet". Dick G's pages are an inspiration to *any* website designer - keep it simple and make sure it works in ANY browser - his "Websites - A Rant" is a must read. I often play Bodhran with Miln and James, two guys from Firebrand, at The Malthouse, Ironbridge in Telford. And Les Barker just had to be included here, simply cuz there's nowhere else to put him, and I really wanted to have his details on this page.

This search box links to http://www.teachlist.com and includes most popular
Irish instruments, including my own speciality, the Bodhran. Happy Hunting !

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My good friend Sheila Joynes has just opened her Online Music Theory Lessons website HERE (8 Aug 06)
Well worth a visit if you are learning music theory. First downloadable video lesson only ONE PENNY !

Links to Music Sites (MIDI, ABCs, tunes & lyrics). Some of these sites have given their permission for me to host a local Mirror, ie, a Zipped file of all the MIDI or ABC tunes, GIFs or Lyrics. Please visit the sites before downloading the Zip files. This is very important as the original site gives much more than just the tunes. History, Heritage, Philosophy and Musical Theory are all to be found. Make the most of these superb sites, they are so very interesting ! Grateful thanks go to Basil Hendricks, Barry Taylor, Lesley Nelson, Richard Robinson, Seppo Niemi (Zaphod), Michael Loehr, Bernie Stocks, Mike Simpson, HugMonster (Ben Pilot), Robert & Susan Blakeley, Niklas Hakansson, Kipp Doolan, Alan Dawson, Craig Cockburn, Liam, Ron Clarke, Cliff Moses, Allen Garvin and everyone else involved !

As you can see, more and more of these sites have closed down, leaving this
site as the only source for their tunes. Very sad ...... 6 Oct 2006 update.

If you find this page useful and would like to make a small contribution toward its upkeep,
please click on the Paypal donation button below. There will be an option to add your comments.
All contributions acknowledged and gratefully accepted.
Many Thanks, David

Free Irish Tunes - Please visit originators sites !
SITE LINKS BELOW ZIPPED FILES BELOW AND MY COMMENTS BELOW
Ceolas Music Archive Basil's Tunes MIDIs from Basil Hendricks, now gone from Ceolas.
The Digital Tradition 2002 Windows ZIP version
2002 DOS ZIP Version
Too big to host locally, over 7MB. New version for Macs too.
Barry's New Celtic Home Barry Taylor's  tunes Got to be my favourite set of MIDIs. Brilliant !!
Site very sadly closed down :( The Downie Set Nice abc collection, site closed.
Lesley's O'Carolan Lesley's Carolan tunes Lovely O'Carolan Set 
Lesley's Folk Site Lesley's Folk tunes Nice set of Folk MIDIs
Site very sadly closed down :( ReelMusic Collection MIDI Collection, site closed.
Richard Robinson's Tunes Richards Tunebook HUGE !! selection of ABC files
Henrik Norbeck tunes Henrik's Tunes Download Mirror not available, visit Henriks own site.
The Virtual Tunebook The Virtual Tunebook Local Mirror not available, please go to main site.
Zaphods Lyrics page Zaphod's Lyrics Lyrics only, but over 350 of them, thanks to Seppo Niemi .
Jordans New Site for MIDIs Local Mirror not available, please go to main site.
Site very sadly closed down :( FlyingFolk Collection A zipped Acrobat file of music scores, site closed.
Site very sadly closed down :( Bernie Stocks set Several hundred ABCs, site closed.
Notts Music Database Notts Music Database A Non MIDI/ABC site, amazing nontheless.
The Sessioneer Whistler pages Mike Simpsons set MIDI files from The Whistlers Pages. Excellent !
Ancient Music Site (new home) Ancient Music Page Wonderful History Lesson and great set of tunes !!!
Site very sadly closed down :( Hugmonster Collection Permission to host granted 1998, nice set, site closed.
Robert Blakeley's Site Robert Blakeley set ABC files, great, if small collection.
Site very sadly closed down :( Niklas's Set Nicely Done mate, but site closed.
Site very sadly closed down :( Kipps Collection Another hugely successful MIDI archive, but site closed.
Site very sadly closed down :( Adam Dawson's Set Small MIDI collection, but nicely done, site closed.
Craig Cockburn's Gaelsong Craig's Set Good songs and a great Gaelic song page ! (NEW)
Site very sadly closed down :( Liams Lyrics Interesting mix of lyrics and ABCs, site closed.
Tadpole Tunes (temp home) Ron Clarke's Tunes Good on yer mate !! (he's Australian you see...), site in temp accommodation...
Cliff Moses Dulcimer Page Cliff's Set Very interesting pages here if you are into Dulcimers.
Site very sadly closed down :( The P. W. Joyce Set Site closed, thanks to Allen Garvin for permission to host here.
Links to Internet Music and Sound Software Home Sites :
Cool Edit Pro Home Page WAVE file editing, best in the business, now Adobe Audition !!
Sharp Eye home page THE most effective sheet music to MIDI scanning software I've ever seen
ABCMUS Homepages My favourite abc package, so versatile and low cost........only $10 !!
Melody Assistant Home of my new favourite Notation Package, and only $15 to register !!!!
Real Audio Home of RealPlayer, industry standard for real time multimedia transfer
NoteWorthy Composer One of the easiest notation software available, $39 to register.
The ABC2WIN Homepages Easy to use "abc" format editor. Registered version also prints score.
Winamp Home Page Multi format audio player, now at version5.3, and still freeware, nice going guys.
Go!zilla Home Page Download retriever program, restores interrupted downloads.
Sibelius Home Page Quite simply, the best notation package there is !
Coda Music Home Page Finale & Encore notation packages.
Mozart Home Pages Small but well appointed notation package
http://www.MusiciansAvailable.com does exactly what is says on the label...
The ABC Software Homepage All you ever wanted to know about "abc" format music files.
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