New Year's Eve tune sets
Some tools to do useful things in directories full of .abc tune files:
· Session lister (Names, Titles) — Collection lister — Tune lister ·
This collection have been built up over some years of playing for Contra Dance and Scottish Country Dance sessions on New Year's Eve. The files' names are listed in the "Name" column. The names in bold letters are the ones we've used in recent years. Here's a summary of what the names mean:
AG... Any Good ... tune sets, mostly from Scottish dances.
C... Contra-dance medleys, mostly from New England and Quebecois roots.
K... Klezmer tunes that work for contra dances.
NYE ... Tune sets made for previous New Year's Eve dances
W... Waltzes, mostly
... The rest are mostly sets named for their first tune. These have no single origin, and were often made up for the New Year's party.