BB's Irish Traditional Tune Library
Tunes from Turloch O Carolan
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The CAROLAN folder contains compositions from O'Sullivan's "Complete Works
of Turlough O'Carolan" and from the "O'Carolan's Compositions" section of
O'Neill's "Music of Ireland" ("The 1850").

Tunes whose file numbers begin with 141 are from O'Sullivan. Those beginning
with 142 are from O'Neill.

Original ABC transcriptions of this material were done by Chris Gilb
and Vince Brennan.

I have changed keys or added alternative measures in cases where the Gilb/Brennan
material went out of a comfortable range for a normal traditional instrument. I
have also added measure numbers at the beginning of each staff in the longer pieces.

About the MP3 files: the capabilities of ABC to MIDI have been sorely tested by many
of these pieces. Making the more complex ones sound like more than a mass of notes
was a challenge, and I readily admit to failure (at least to my ears).

My feeling however is that anyone - harpists or others - attempting pieces of this type
will be relying more on the notation than the reproduced sound.

The tempo concepts as represented by the Q: field are strictly my own and of course can
be easily changed to suit the individual's requirements.

Comments including suggestions for improvement are always welcome.

Bill Black
Jan. 2023