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These scores use public-domain sources or editions licensed for reuse. Each piece lists its source and any conditions of use.

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British & Irish traditions

Jigs, reels, airs, and other tunes from Irish, Scottish, and English collections.

23 scores

Jigs

A lively dance in compound time, often 6/8. The six eighth notes of a bar fall into two groups of three.

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Slip jigs

An Irish dance in 9/8. Its nine eighth notes form three groups of three, giving it a longer swing than a 6/8 jig.

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Reels

A quick dance with an even flow of notes, commonly written in 2/2 or 4/4.

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Hornpipes

A dance tune with a marked pulse. Many of these scores use a lilting rhythm and clear phrase endings.

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English traditional tunes

Songs and dance melodies from England and Northumberland, preserved in historical collections.

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Irish slow airs

Irish melodies played at an unhurried pace, with room to shape each phrase.

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Scottish tunes

Scottish songs and dance tunes, including reels and other forms with different meters.

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Strathspeys

A Scottish dance tune in 4/4, often with dotted rhythms and a measured pulse. These playable settings come from Kerr's nineteenth-century collection.

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Marches

Tunes with a steady walking pulse, preserved in Irish and Scottish historical collections.

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Social & folk dances

Waltzes, polkas, and other dance tunes, including csárdás and klezmer wedding music.

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Waltzes

Dances in triple time. These scores from early bellows instrument tutors show the characteristic three beat pulse.

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Polkas

Brisk dances in duple time. The historical scores here come from early methods for bellows instruments.

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Galops

A fast dance in duple time. The historical scores include accordion and piano editions.

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Quadrilles

A social dance made of successive figures. The historical accordion score here has several musical strains.

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Schottisches

A nineteenth-century couple dance in duple time. This example comes from an 1863 accordion collection with the original fingering numbers.

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Mazurkas

A dance in triple time associated with Poland, often stressing the second or third beat. Historical piano scores offer melodies to study for bellows instruments.

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Polonaises

A measured Polish dance in triple time. These keyboard editions offer melody and bass lines to study on accordion or concertina.

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Csárdás

A Hungarian dance form that alternates slower and faster sections. This historical piano transcription can be studied for an accordion arrangement.

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Klezmer

Jewish instrumental dance music from Eastern Europe and its diaspora, including tunes from a 1916 wedding music collection.

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Tarantellas

A fast dance commonly written in 6/8. Historical piano scores can be studied for a bellows-instrument arrangement.

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Ländler

A Central European dance in triple time and a relative of the waltz. Historical piano scores offer phrases to study for accordion.

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Quicksteps

A brisk duple-time dance or march. This example comes from a nineteenth-century flutina and accordion tutor, with its original bellows and fingering marks.

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Cotillions

A social dance arranged in figures. This 6/8 example comes from the same historical accordion tutor, with original bellows and fingering marks.

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Fandangos

A Spanish dance name with several musical traditions. The featured 'Spanish Fandango' is a nineteenth-century American parlor piece for guitar in Open G tuning, not a transcription of a Spanish folk dance.

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Saltarellos

A lively Italian dance with roots in the Renaissance. This complete guitar edition by Vincenzo Galilei provides a melody and bass texture to study for bellows instruments.

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Pavans

A stately Renaissance dance in duple time. Luis Milán's vihuela piece shows the measured pace and chordal texture in a complete one-page edition.

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Classical music

Historical dances and pieces, including preludes and Schubert's lullaby, in public-domain editions.

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Minuets

A courtly dance in triple time with balanced phrases. The keyboard scores here show melody and bass lines that can be studied for accordion or concertina.

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Gavottes

A French dance in even duple time, often beginning halfway through a bar. Handel's keyboard example shows a clear pulse and two-part texture.

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Bourrées

A lively French dance in duple time, often starting with an upbeat. Bach's keyboard score offers two voices to study for accordion.

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Allemandes

A measured dance in duple time that became part of Baroque suites. The examples here include keyboard music and a solo flute movement.

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Sarabandes

A slow triple-time dance found in Baroque suites. The scores here include Bach's lute work in a guitar transcription and Froberger's keyboard Sarabande.

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Sicilianos

A gently swaying piece in compound time, often 6/8. Müller's piano score has a melody and accompaniment to explore on accordion.

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Preludes

A short instrumental piece that can stand alone or introduce a larger work. Chopin's Op. 28 No. 7 is a compact keyboard example.

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Lullabies

A song sung to soothe a child. Schubert's voice-and-piano score offers a melody and accompaniment to study on bellows instruments.

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Baroque musettes

Baroque keyboard music imitating a French bagpipe, with a sustained drone beneath the melody. The collection includes pieces from Bach’s suites and Anna Magdalena Bach’s notebook.

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Rondos

An instrumental form in which a main theme returns between contrasting passages. The keyboard scores here show several examples of this structure.

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Gigues

A brisk dance from the Baroque suite tradition, often in compound time. Complete source scores and playable editions are provided.

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Music of the Americas

Tango, habanera, ragtime, and cakewalk from Argentina, Cuba, and the United States.

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Tangos

Early tangos, chiefly from historical piano editions, alongside playable scores where available.

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Habaneras

A dance with a distinctive repeating rhythm that spread from Cuba to Europe. Historical piano scores preserve contrasting settings.

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Ragtime

Syncopated music that became popular around the turn of the twentieth century. The historical piano score can serve as a source for accordion adaptation.

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Cakewalks

An American dance with a high-stepping pulse that influenced early ragtime. The Harlem Rag is subtitled 'March & Cake Walk' in its piano score.

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Songs & hymns

Japanese and Chinese songs, carols, Finnish songs, sea shanties, hymns, gospel, and parlor songs.

21 scores

Japanese songs

Traditional Japanese melodies from historical public-domain editions. Each score identifies the source version.

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Chinese songs

Traditional Chinese melodies in historical public-domain notation. Early versions may differ from melodies familiar today.

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Carols

Carols from historical songbooks. Playable editions on this site present the melodies without lyrics.

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Finnish folk songs

Finnish folk melodies, including historical voice and piano scores edited by Oskar Merikanto.

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Sea shanties

Work songs used aboard sailing ships. The call and response of this 1906 pumping chanty suits a concertina melody line.

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Hymns

Religious songs for group singing. Historical part-writing offers melody and harmony to explore on bellows instruments.

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Gospel & spirituals

Religious songs passed down through communal singing and call and response. Public-domain choral editions include Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and It’s a me, Oh Lord.

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Parlor songs

Songs written for singing at home with piano accompaniment. Foster's 'Hard Times Come Again No More' offers a vocal line and piano parts to explore on bellows instruments.

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