rpalmer’s twenty-seven comments

No, Flinty Bo Diddle. I’ve answered privately, but publicly I’ll add that anyone can go to more…

Hi, - just a reminder. I have a free collection of about 450 fiddle tunes, mostly from New England contra dances and waltzes, in alto clef for viola, mandola, or octave mandolin. more…

The “Fiddle Tunes for Viola” collection, by Ralph Palmer, is now available for free from the Apple app store : <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fiddle-tunes-for-viola/id1490050141?ls=1>; more…

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Regarding tunes with settings that use all four strings on the fiddle . . . more…

Most of them are straight down one octave into alto clef, but not all. more…

I’m afraid there is *not* an ABC version. Just the PDF. I used to use ABC a lot, but started transcribing some more complex music, and started using LilyPond with Frescobaldi. Not super simple, or even drag-and-drop, but neither is ABC. more…

I hope this is appropriate to the “discussions” area. more…

Finally finished the collection. It’s large, it’s in PDF or .zip, in two formats: a large format with, typically, one to three tunes per page; and a small format with three to five tunes per page. Free. more…

I’m trying to contact Danny Noveck. I don’t see anything online more recent than his dissertation announcement. Has anyone else been successful in contacting him? I’d like his permission to use Camel Hump. more…