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Article in Trac magazine

Posted on 19 October, 201819 October, 2018 by Helen Adam

Really delighted to be included in Trac magazine this month spreading the word to Welsh folkies. S’mae pawb! and we are now on their resource page Tunes   Please send me more Welsh tunes, but also Irish, English and yes, French, Croatian and Finnish too đŸ™‚

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First tune in Ireland

Posted on 14 August, 2018 by Helen Adam

I’ve finally made it over the water to Ireland. The first tune up is an arrangement of ”The Star of the County Down’ from Northern Ireland, which is arranged as a piano duet. One part is for beginner piano and the other for slightly more advanced piano, maybe parent or teacher? Also the tune just…

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Welcome to the Tunelines blog

Posted on 1 August, 2018 by Helen Adam

This blog is about  Tunelines, a creative project which is mapping the toponymic tunes of the UK (tunes named after actual places, eg Londonderry Air’, ‘Flowers of Edinburgh’). Please try out the tunes and let me know what they are like to play, and suggest ones you’d like added to the map. I’m writing arrangements…

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New tunes online

Posted on 31 July, 2018 by Helen Adam

I’ve just put up ‘Rheged’, a Welsh tune about a place that is not in Wales, but now in Cumbria. Originally part of the Hen Ogledd, (Old North) this was a Brittonic speaking kingdom in the 6th century.

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