Folklore: village band music

Subject: Folklore: village band music
From: stevethesqueeze
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 08:26 AM

Hi

we are starting a village band project here in our little welsh village. i need a good source for suitable tunes in two or more parts suitable for ensembles. Money is tight and we can't afford to pay a lot for material. Anyone know if there is a source on the web or any other ideas? We want to start with dance music and have a couple of simple arrangements. I know Dave Townsends excellent book for Village Bands is out there but its 1£ per every sheet to buy it from the publishers and they insist no photocopying. With ten musicians we cant afford it.   stevethesqueeze

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: GUEST,PMB
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 08:37 AM

What sort of a band? Could you adapt some Free brass ensemble music?

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: GUEST,PMB
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 08:39 AM

Some more free music.

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: GUEST,Sussex Carole
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 08:41 AM

If it's folk music you're after the Sussex Folk Orchestra should be able to help out with their tunes book

www.sussexfolkorch.co.uk    - sorry I can't do blue clickys

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 09:01 AM

This might be a good place to look

http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/links.htm

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 09:08 AM

Not just the Village Music Project links, but the Village Music Project itself. It's not clear if you're looking for actual arrangements or just tunes. If it's tunes, the Village Music project has lots of tune books available as abc files. As far as I recall they are all (or all the ones I've looked at) are just melody lines, but none the less a wealth of material there.

Mick

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: Mitch the Bass
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 10:21 AM

Hands On Music run a weekend course on Village Band Music. I believe
Dave Townsend has published a book of Village Band music.

http://www.whitecottagewebsites.co.uk/homweekends/winds.htm

Dave also runs Village Band workshops e.g. at Whitby folk week.

Mitch

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: greg stephens
Date: 27 Jul 07 - 11:02 AM

What is your line-up? I have various arrangements of dance tunes, it would be interesting to know what you've got in the way of instruments.

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: greg stephens
Date: 28 Jul 07 - 11:04 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: stevethesqueeze
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 03:31 AM

Hi greg

thanks for the offer.

Not sure just what instruments are coming as its an autumn evening class. Looks like concertina,whistle, fiddle, melodoen, accordeon and guitar. No brass or orchestral instruments yet. I'd be grateful for anything. stevethesqueeze

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 10:45 AM

The difficulty is that you are asking for music parts. With public domain pieces,there are lots of sources for melodies plus chords. When you ask for parts, however, you are asking for people to spend a lot of time, and you are getting into arrangements that might be copyrighted.

Actually, I think your band would be happy to start out with melody plus chords. I bet ou can work for weeks on starting and ending at the same time and playing in tune. Those who are more experienced can start improvising using the chords.

I have a 1993 book of dance tunes published by The Welsh Folk Dance Society, Mr. Andrew Bartholomew, 12 Rookwood Ave, Llandaf Caerdydd Cardiff, De Morgannwg, South Galmorgan CF5 2NP

The Welsh harper Robin Huw Bowen sells delightful books of Welsh tunes, if you can locate him.

Do you have music and software and do MIDI? Then you can download tunes and write your own simple accompaniments. I'm going to submit this, then put the URL for a good site in the next post so as not to lose this one.

Good luck. I think you will have a good time. I know I do when I play music with my own band.

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 10:47 AM

Here's that URL I promised. Some of the pieces seem to have parts.

http://www.tylwythteg.com/music/music.html

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: greg stephens
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 12:32 PM

Stevethesqueeze: where are you? I want to get a feel of what regional music might be appropriate for your band. And if you want some parts, PM me your email or terrestrial address(the latter might be easier as I want to send you some photocopies).And my advice is, if you want your band to sound good, find a cello or doublebass player(or both).

Subject: RE: Folklore: village band music
From: GUEST,GUEST
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 01:11 PM

http://www.lgq.org.uk/Repertoire/PDFs/LGQ294.pdf

may be of interest. Then again ..........