Useful links

Teachers, tutorial sites, and learning aids

• ABC music notation
• BBC Virtual Session
• Ceolas
• Chiff & Fipple
• Comhaltas
• Fiddle Workshops
• Free sheet music
• Free sheet music on 8notes.com
• Irish Flute Tunes - Hundreds of tunes played slow and fast
• IrishTune.Info
• Matt Tarling Fiddle Workshops
• Nigel Gatherer dot com
• Session Tunes in ABC notation
• Small Circle Tune Learning Session (aka SlowPlayers.org) - Interesting page on learning by ear.
• Tinwhistler.blogspot.com
• Tradlessons.com
• TraditionalMusic.co.uk
• The Penny Whistlers Press
• TheSesson.org
• uTube.com
• Virtual Keyboard
• Wikipedia - Irish Traditional music session
• Wild Dismay

Instrument makers & suppliers

• Big Whistle Music
• Copeland Woodwinds
• Dave Shaw
• Michael Burke Whistles
• Park Whistles
• Sonic violins

Specialist record & music suppliers

• Candy Rat Records

Bands & musicians

• Celtic Confusion - A Dorset based Irish band
• Cat Lake Princess of Percussion
• Lunasa - site includes a shop to buy the band's CD's and tune books
• Swing your partner - Lively Dorset based barn dance / ceilidh dance band

Clubs, sessions & events

• Bournemouth Folk Club - Sunday evenings at Centre Stage, next to The Pig & Whistle, Bournemouth
• Folk Camps - For those who love folk festivals and camping
• SAD Folk - Somerset & Dorset Folk Events Diary
• Sunray Folk Club - Broadmayne Village Hall, Dorset
• Wessex Accoustic - Wednesday nights at The Farquharson Arms - Pimperne, Dorset.
• Wimborne Folk Festival - Annually at the beginning of June

Software tools

• ABC Music Notation Resources
• ABC Notation
• Free MP3 editor (you'll need this too)

Songs

• MartinDardis.com - Irish songs, lyrics, and guitar chords by Martin Dardis

Streaming Audio and Video sites

• BBC Radio Folk home page
• The Mike Hardings Show Wednesdays at 7pm on BBC Radio 2
• Colum Sands Folk Club on BBC Radio Ulster
• RTE - The Full Set (Irish Radio and Television site)
• Claire FM - The Kitchen Sessions

Music Shops

• Eagle Music - West Yorkshire based, good eshop.
• Hobgoblin Music - Stores all over the UK, good eshop.

Miscellaneous

• Sturminster Marshall web site

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This page was last updated: 14:55 GMT 8th January 2010