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Antebellum Instruments: Notes on Guitar String Tension
Excellent overview of why you should worry about the weights of strings you're using -- particularly when using alternative turnings.
"This site contains numerous field recordings made in the early 1970s of the great Irish accordion player Joe Cooley when he lived in the San Francisco bay area." That's Joe Cooley as in Cooley's Reel. Well worth a listen.
to accordion cooley folk music recordings trad ... on 05 March 2015
Hidden data tracks on 80s albums. The Spectrum was popular.
to data modem music retrocomputing spectrum vinyl ... on 09 February 2015
Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People
Very nice!
to amusements music music-theory notation ... on 22 January 2015
Welcome to Libre Music Production | Libre Music Production
A nice collection of Linux music production tutorials. I found some interesting new synth software to play with by browsing around here.
to ardour audio linux multitrack music recording synth ... on 03 October 2014
Home - Sangstories - Stories of Scottish Songs
"There are 150 lyrics and background stories here of traditional and newer Scottish songs sung by the Linlithgow song group Sangschule"
to folk history lyrics music scots song ... on 23 August 2014
Scripts for the (first series of) Radio Ballads. Note that the more popular songs have evolved somewhat in the folk tradition, so the lyrics here for (e.g.) Shoals of Herring won't match what people actually sing these days.
to etext folk lyrics music radio radio-ballads script ... on 22 August 2014
A variety of US Army manuals. I came here via a link to the one on watch and clock repair -- but the manuals on how to run an army band (including instructions for violin repair and the instruction to avoid "violent, enervating jazz" when planning hospital concerts) are also fascinating.
to army clock etext manual mechanica military music repair retrotech watch ... on 10 July 2014
Banjo Care and Feeding:The IRISH TENOR BANJO
Pretty good guide to banjo maintainance.
Things I’ve learned from British folk ballads
"Cuckoos' nests are right out."
to amusements folk music song ... on 27 April 2014
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tasty by Adam Sampson.