
Tunes
Here, you can find our range of resources dedicated to Welsh folk tunes, from unearthed archives to contemporary melodies.
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Tunery Wales: Lockdown Series
Jordan Price Williams of trio Vrï, presents a tune video series teaching 20 contemporary Welsh folk tunes from the past 20 years, as we celebrated Trac Cymru’s 20th birthday!
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Welsh Tune a Week with Oli Wilson-Dickson
This is a Youtube series of 22 Welsh folk tunes presented simply for other tune players to learn and enjoy, inspired by Oli’s time tutoring on Trac Cymru’s summer school BEAM.
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Welsh Folk Tunes with Guto Dafis
Trac Cymru commissioned Guto Dafis to share some well-known Welsh tunes, available on our soundcloud. He first plays slowly to learn by ear, then at normal speed.
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10 Tunes with Delyth Jenkins
Delyth Jenkins plays ten favourite traditional Welsh tunes for you to learn. First she plays the tune simply, then the full arrangement. The tunes are suitable for any instrument, not just the harp!
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Tunelines: Map of Traditional Music
A project by musician Helen Adam to collect and map traditional toponymic tunes - tunes named after places - from the British Isles.
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Bangor Melodies: Old Manuscripts from the Archives
A blog collection of traditional melodies from manuscripts in Bangor University, including photographs, descriptions and sound files.
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Session Sets: Tune Collections by Clera, Alawon Cymru
Simply click on the set name and find a selection of tunes commonly played together, ranging from easy, moderate to more difficult, available with sound files and notation
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AVANC and the Welsh Traditional Music Collection at the National Library of Wales
A collection of tunes found by each member of AVANC during their time at the National Library of Wales, with copies of the tunes in their original manuscripts as well as transcriptions and links to where you can view the digitised archives.
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Welsh Fiddle Tunes with Bernie KilBride
A selection of 20 fiddle tunes played by Bernie KilBride, including a short description of each tune and their origins.