Thanks to all of you who came to the sessions at Shrewsbury Folk Festival this year, we were amazed not only at the numbers of musicians attending but also at the amount of tunes most can play so we hope this has helped expand your repertoire in a helpful way.
We've received some lovely messages...
"Hi Guys I would like to say a massive thank you for the time and encouragement you gave at Shrewsbury this weekend, As novice I came away with so much more confidence."
"Thanks to all the Tuneworks guys who helped this weekend be the best ever. I didn't have the nerve to join in last year but this even made the Improvers session! It's the most important part of the festival for me as folk music is all about joning in and passing the tunes down. Thanks for making my weekend so special."
We had great words of thanks and encouragement all weekend, please feel free to message us if you have any comments or suggestions
We'll start working on the video content and hope to get it online soon so you will have some 'live' sets of tunes to play along with.
And to the excellent tutors and other staff who give their time voluntarily - Dan, Elinor, Martin, Andy, Fliss, Liz, Jim, Helen, Rob, Chris, Gary, Rhiannon, and Ian I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Cheers, Izzy
tuneworks tunebook
beginners tunebook
"...the most influential folk workshops I have ever been to in 40 years of festivals" L in C, www.mudcat.org forum
Tuneworks is committed to providing resources to help you learn traditional tunes. Feel free to downlad the tunebooks and if you want to join hundreds of like-minded musicians, join us at a workshop or session. If you learn the tunes in these books you'll have plenty in common with everyone else attending!
Our 'Tunebook' sessions will use one of the PDF books on the left. Beginners sessions typically have less tunes played at a slower speed and more repeats (the speed of tunes on the MP3 player to the left should guide you!) and improvers sessions will go a bit faster, with more tunes typically played three times through. Concentrate on playing without the sheet music! It's really important!!
The tunes are session standards, popular tunes that are played often at sessions up and down the country so they are useful tunes to know! They are mostly from Irish and English traditions and can be played on a wide range of instruments.
"Just wanted to say thanks to you and the rest of the Tuneworks team. It was certainly the highlight of my weekend and the sight of so many people getting involved in all the sessions was a real inspiration." SR, Shropshire
