tune search

The abc tune search / tune finder gives you access to thousands of folk & traditional tunes from across the web - use the search form below or browse the tunes or visit the collections they are drawn from. [Currently the index contains around 340,000 tunes in 140,000 files.]

music text    a - z file order

You can also browse the tunes by the initial title letter:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

For more information:

• on how to use the tune search, visit the search help page
• on the copyright policy, visit the copyright page

NOTE: Sorry, but there are no scores or lyrics for pop/rock music in the abc tune search (though you could try here). See the search help page for reasons why not.

Note for newcomers: If you've stumbled across this page by accident - perhaps via a web search - welcome, and thanks for visiting the abc web site! Here is just a taste of what you can find at this site, either here or via a link:

• examples, tutorials, a blog, discussion forums and plenty of other information about abc
• a notation format popular all over the world, particularly for folk and traditional music
• plenty of free software (Windows, Mac, Linux, mobile, ...) to transfer abc into scores or midi sound files

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