This collection is very incomplete. I found several of the booklets online as PDF image files, and transcribed them. If I find more, I'll add them to this collection as I have time. If you know of others not included here, send me a message and tell me where I can see them.
The tunes are in single-tune files, and also in large files containing the entire collection. The single-tune files have names of the form VVPPN_Title.abc, where
VV | is the volume number (8, 9, 11, 13 and 18 so far). |
PP | is the page number, at top corner. |
N | is the tune number on the page (1-3). |
_-= | is the separator before the title. It's usually '_', but some tunes have two transcriptions. For those, '-' is used for ABC version 1, and '=' is used for ABC version 2 (which has some features not availabe in version 1 such as two voices on one staff). |
One transcription problem is that some tunes in this collection are written in a "pianistic" style, with occasional "voices" appearing briefly. Some ABC software (e.g., abcm2ps) can handle this with "voice overlays" using the "&" operator, but most ABC software doesn't understand this syntax. Where possible, the music has been transcribed as the closest overlay-free form allowed by basic ABC, using notes in chords. When this doesn't work, two transcriptions are present. They are signalled by "-" or "=" in the file name rather than "_" after the initial number. The "-" version uses voice overlays; the "=" version either has a third voice (when that works), or reduces some measures to a single-voice form that is as close as basic ABC can get.
The BW_SDRW_*.abc files contain all the tunes in one file. BW_SDRW_1.abc is the "basic" ABC version; BW_SDRW_2.abc uses voice overlays when necessary.
All the tunes here are in ABC format. If you don't have ABC software, you can CLICK HERE to use a tool that converts the tunes to other formats. |
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proto.abc | 2014-05-26 17:38 | 662 | ||
18542_MISS_HILLS_FAV..> | 2014-05-26 17:56 | 1.5K | ||
18543_COUNTESS_OF_GO..> | 2014-05-26 17:57 | 1.5K | ||
18541_MORGIANA_IN_SP..> | 2014-05-26 18:13 | 1.1K | ||
18532_VOULEZ_VOUS_DA..> | 2014-05-26 20:05 | 1.4K | ||
18531_GUARACHA_DANCE..> | 2014-05-26 20:06 | 1.3K | ||
18533=HAVERSTOCK_HIL..> | 2014-05-26 22:13 | 1.6K | ||
18533-HAVERSTOCK_HIL..> | 2014-05-26 22:13 | 1.4K | ||
18522_TANK.abc | 2014-05-27 08:28 | 1.1K | ||
TranscriptionNotes.txt | 2014-05-27 08:45 | 3.7K | ||
18521_MISS_TILNEY_LO..> | 2014-05-27 08:59 | 1.5K | ||
11311_EXILE.abc | 2014-05-27 09:13 | 1.2K | ||
00000_Title.abc | 2014-05-27 09:14 | 881 | ||
11312_MORGIANA.abc | 2014-05-27 09:39 | 1.3K | ||
11321=SPANISH_PATRIO..> | 2014-05-27 16:32 | 1.4K | ||
11321-SPANISH_PATRIO..> | 2014-05-27 16:33 | 1.3K | ||
13322-LORD_CATHCARTS..> | 2014-05-27 16:56 | 1.4K | ||
13322=LORD_CATHCARTS..> | 2014-05-27 16:56 | 1.4K | ||
13323_CALLER_HERRING..> | 2014-05-27 17:02 | 1.1K | ||
13331_MARCHIONESS_OF..> | 2014-05-27 19:15 | 1.5K | ||
13332_MISS_BRISTOWS_..> | 2014-05-28 13:13 | 1.2K | ||
13333_FAIRY_PRINCE.abc | 2014-05-28 13:13 | 1.1K | ||
09251_MAJOR_or_MISS_..> | 2014-05-28 13:32 | 1.1K | ||
08222_LADY_MARY_BENT..> | 2014-05-29 09:13 | 1.1K | ||
08231-NAMELESS.abc | 2014-05-29 12:56 | 1.6K | ||
08231=NAMELESS.abc | 2014-05-29 12:56 | 1.6K | ||
08232_SHADDIE.abc | 2014-05-29 12:56 | 1.1K | ||
08233_LARGOS_FAIRY_D..> | 2014-05-29 12:57 | 1.3K | ||
08241_PANDEAN_DANCE_..> | 2014-05-29 13:12 | 1.3K | ||
08242_AP_SHENKIN.abc | 2014-05-29 15:15 | 1.3K | ||
08243_TRIUMPH.abc | 2014-05-29 18:33 | 1.2K | ||
09252_TIMES_A_TELL_T..> | 2014-05-29 18:53 | 1.1K | ||
09261_WILL_YOU_SAY_Y..> | 2014-05-29 19:11 | 1.2K | ||
09262_JEW_OF_MOGADOR..> | 2014-05-29 19:24 | 1.1K | ||
09263_CARACTACUS.abc | 2014-05-30 07:39 | 1.1K | ||
09271=MISS_GAYTONS_F..> | 2014-05-30 07:54 | 1.4K | ||
09271-MISS_GAYTONS_F..> | 2014-05-30 08:10 | 1.4K | ||
09273_SIR_GILBERT_GO..> | 2014-05-30 08:39 | 1.0K | ||
09272_WHO_WINS.abc | 2014-05-30 08:42 | 1.3K | ||
src/ | 2014-08-05 13:14 | - | ||
08221-LABYRINTH.abc | 2014-09-15 11:05 | 1.1K | ||
Makefile | 2014-09-15 11:32 | 2.4K | ||
08221_LABYRINTH.abc | 2014-09-15 11:32 | 1.1K | ||
BW_SDRW_1.abc | 2014-09-15 11:32 | 42K | ||
BW_SDRW_2.abc | 2014-09-15 11:32 | 42K | ||
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