Here you can find sheets for some lovely bal tunes if you’d like to have a go before joining any of our sessions. We’ll be adding to this collection regularly so keep an eye out!
If you’re looking for something specific, the index might help!
Bourrée 08.04.24
Bourrée 08.04.24
Schottische 26.03.24
Jig 11.03.24
Schottische (pair) 06.01.24
.
Mazurka 12.12.23
Andro 26.11.23
Hanterdro 11.10.23
Schottische 24.09.23
Jig 02.09.23
Jig 02.09.23
Maraîchine 29.07.23
Waltz 28.06.23
Gavotte de l’Aven 28.06.23
Repasseado 14.06.23
Mazurka 14.06.23
Jig 08.05.23
Mazurka 31.05.23
Waltz 31.05.23
Polska 10.05.23
Hottis 10.05.23
Waltz 03.05.23
Polska 03.05.23
Schottische 27.04.23
Schottische 27.04.23
Schottische 14.04.23
Kost ar C’hoat 14.04.23
Mazurka 13.04.23
Mazurka 22.03.23
Bear Dance 22.03.23
Bouree 22.03.23
Kabm Pymp 11.03.23
Bouree 11.03.23
Bal Limousine 08.02.23
Mazurka 23.02.23
Mazurka 23.02.23
Mazurka 23.02.23
Mazurka 23.02.23
Schottische 08.02.23
^ Note: Papillon is the second tune on this recording!
Schottische 08.02.23
Mazurka 01.02.23
Andro 01.02.23
Gavotte de l’Aven 18.01.23
Schottische 18.01.23
Laride 28.12.22
Hanterdro 28.12.22
Schottische 14.12.22
Bourree 10.11.22
Mazurka 10.11.22
Schottische 01.11.22
Jig 01.11.22
Waltz 01.11.22
Index
And if you’re after even more tunes:
http://www.campin.me.uk/Music/Edinbal/edinbal.pdf / http://www.campin.me.uk/Music/Edinbal/edinbal.abc – Tunebook of popular French tunes. Created by Jack Campin from Edinburgh Balfolk.
https://www.organetto.info/archivio/index.php – Huge archive of trad Euro tunes. Includes Melodeon tab.
https://www.atelierloffet.com/tablature/elements, https://www2.diatotrad.fr/?m=diatotheque, http://www.cadb.org/?p=tablatures, https://www.diatonia.net/home.html – Four archives of trad French tunes specifically curated for French Melodeons.
https://users.physics.ox.ac.uk/~pierrehumbert/nordic/music/OxfordScandi/index.html – Tunes from Oxford Euro Session. Run by Raymond Pierrehumbert.
http://www.tradtunedb.org.uk/#/ – Best place for Scandi tunes, with some Celtic and Klezmer. Run by John Watson from London Scandi Session.
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind – Huge archive of tunes, American focus but some Balfolk. Not very user friendly.
http://simonwascher.info/TradArchiv/ – German archive of tunes. Created by Simon Wascher. Not very user-friendly but there’s a lot on there.
https://consto.uk/assets/pdfs/folksoc-book.pdf – Tunebook from Southampton University Folk Society. A mix of ceilidh and balfolk material, ordered by tunetype.
http://www.skintdance.org.uk/library/ – Tunes taught at Skint festival, a UK Balfolk festival
https://www.folktunefinder.com https://abcnotation.com/search – Two tools which search the internet for any abc notation matching whatever you search for, good or bad! Huge but no curation so proceed with caution.
https://thesession.org – Huge user-edited tune archive, primarily Irish but some bal stuff. Proceed with caution!
London Balfolk 