Morris Dancing FAQs [Discussion Groups]

ABC Project: The aim of this SourceForge open source project is to promote the ABC language by providing a set of software and source code that manipulate and present music written in ABC. There are currently 3 active projects:; jcabc2ps – John Chambers' port of the ubiquitous ABC to PostScript converter.; abcMIDI- James Allwright's program to convert ABC to a MIDI file.; iabc – an graphical, interactive, and cross-platform ABC editor by Aaron Newman.; • Home: <http://abc.sourceforge.net/>; • Project: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/abc>; • Listserv abc_discuss: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=3343>; • Maintainer: Aaron Newman <aaron_newman@users.sourceforge.net>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Music Software

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-11-29

abcusers Listserv. abcusers@yahoogroups.com: The abcusers listserv discusses aspects of the abc specification itself, software that is used to display, play and manipulate abc files, and occasionally tunes.; • Subscription: <http //tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/abcusers/>; • Maintainer: Toby Rider <tarider@blackmill.net>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Music Software

FAQ Entry Updated: 2006-12-10

alt.fan.pratchett: alt.fan.pratchett is a UseNet newsgroup that discusses the writings of Terry Pratchett, the British fantasy and science fiction writer most famous for his hilarious Discworld books. As it turns out, Morris dancing is occasionally featured in his books and not unfavorably (although Pratchett himself doesn't dance). Unfortunately, the posters to alt.fan.pratchett are not always as kind.; There are two companion newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett.announce where FAQs and various book concordances are posted and alt.books.pratchett which is a bit more focused on the books themselves than the fangroup.; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.fan.pratchett>; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.fan.pratchett.announce>; • L-space: <http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-02

Chiff & Fipple: Dale Wisely, in his extremely comprehensive and amusing tin whistle website, has put together the best online resource covering all aspects of selecting, purchasing, tweaking, and playing a whistle. He maintains guides to buying whistles, including evaluations of different brands and links to online stores, directions on modifying whistle for better sound, and authors the amusing and informative Chiff & Fipple email newsetter. There is also an online forum with categories for flute, uilleann pipe, Irish music, and, of course, whistle.; • Home: <http://www.chiffandfipple.com/>; • Forum: <http://chiffboard.mati.ca/>; • Newsletter: <http://www.chiffandfipple.com/webissues.html>; • Maintainer: Dale Wisely <dwisely@chiffandfipple.com>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Instruments

FAQ Entry Updated: 2004-05-23

Concertina.Net: This site is run by Paul Schwartz as a information service to the worldwide concertina community. Paul's love is for the Anglo concertina (and Irish music) but the site is democratic and includes just about any kind of concertina and music. It includes a very active discussion forum, a buy and sell board, an abc music database, tutorials and references to instruction materials, and an extensive set of links.; • Homepage: <http://www.concertina.net/>; • Forum: <http://www.concertina.net/forums/>; • Maintainer: Paul Schwartz <paul@concertina.net>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Instruments : Music Sources

FAQ Entry Updated: 2004-04-22

Early Music List. EARLYM-L@wu-wien.ac.at and rec.music.early: The Early Music List is a listserv that is mirrored as the newsgroup rec.music.early. You can post to either version. It covers many topics on medieval and renaissance music including comments and questions about recordings, book, performances, song texts and translations, encoding music scores in electronic form, and etc.; • List FAQ: <http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/misc/earlym-l.html>; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.music.early>; • Related Listservs: <http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/misc/lists.html>; • Maintainer: Gerhard Gonter <Gerhard.Gonter@wu-wien.ac.at>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-11-12

English Folk Dance Project: The English Folk Dance Music Project makes, collects and preserves recordings of the dance tunes and songs that are commonly heard in connection with the traditional English dance. The eventual aim is to create a collection of recorded tunes which will serve both as a reference for the future, and as a source of entertainment. The first volume of this series, "The Folk Dance Music of the Cotswolds" is underway and will include five musical CDs and a CD ROM of audio visual material. A quiescent discussion group exists.; • Homepage: <http://www.englishfolkdance.org/>; • CD Set: <http://www.acornrecords.co.uk/cotset.shtml>; • Yahoo Group List: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/englishfolkdanceproject/>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : History : Sales/Shops

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-08

Fiddle Players' Discussion List. FIDDLE-L@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU: FIDDLE-L is a mailing list that exists for the discussion of fiddles, fiddle-tunes, fiddlers, and fiddle-playing. It has many very knowledgeable participants, including many famous professional fiddle players, and scholars. One of its members is keeping an archive of tunes exchanged on the list.; • Archives: <http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/fiddle-l.html>; • abc Tune Archive: <http://www6.bayarea.net/~otter/fiddling/tunes/fidlarch.html>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Instruments : Music Sources

FAQ Entry Updated: 2003-01-24

Irish Traditional Music List. IRTRAD-L@listserv.heanet.ie: IRTRAD-L is a moderately busy list with quite a wide range of topics covered under the narrow umbrella of Irish traditional music. Absolutely no morris content, but of obvious interest to musicians. Lots of tunes are exchanged (using abc music notation), discussed and analyzed. Good place to find record and concert reviews.; The IRTRAD-W Webring is an attempt to bring together websites of all subscribers of the listserv. Interesting idea.; • Archive: <http://listserv.heanet.ie/irtrad-l.html>; • Subscription: <http://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=irtrad-l&A=1>; • IRTRAD-W Webring: <http://U.webring.com/webring?ring=irtrad_w>; • Maintainer: Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2003-01-24

melodeon.net: melodeon.net is a new resource for players of melodeons and diatonic accordions, focussing strongly on the English and European styles of playing, including Morris. At the time of writing this FAQ entry, the site is still in development. Two resources that are worth checking out are the discussion forums and the information section with diagrams of button layouts on various instruments.; • Homepage: <http://www.melodeon.net/>; • Forums: <http://melodeon.aimoo.com/>; • Maintainer: John Spiers <webmaster@melodeon.net>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Instruments

FAQ Entry Updated: 2004-07-01

Morris Dancing Discussion List (MDDL). MORRIS@IUPUI.EDU: The Morris Dancing Discussion List (MDDL) is an unmoderated listserv-based discussion group devoted to discussions, debates, and rants on all things Morris, including: Cotswold, Border, Garland, Northwest, etc.; Sword Dancing, both Long Sword and Short Sword (Rapper); Mumming, Mumming plays and other ritual drama; Molly Dancing, Abbots Bromley, Plough Dancing; winter festivals such as Wassailing, Caroling and Twelfth Night; May Day celebrations, including May Poles and other rural festivities.; New to the list is an RSS feed for monitoring posts.; • Homepage: <http://mddl.blogspot.com/>; • Archives: <http://listserv.iupui.edu/archives/morris.html>; • Subscription: <http://listserv.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/Wa-IUPUI.exe?SUBED1=morris&A=1>; • Maintainer: Tom Keays [Contact Form]; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2007-03-04

MorrisContent: For those who like the morris-related dialog on the MDDL, but can do without the digressions, an edited, "on-topic only" version of the MDDL Digest is available. Subscribers to MorrisContent receive an edited version of the Morris Dancing Discussion List (MDDL) digest that edits out anything that isn't "Morris Content, Non-Flame".; • Archives: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MorrisContent/>; • Policy: <http://www.richholmes.net/morris/rich/policy.html>; • Maintainer: Richard Holmes [Contact Form]; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2006-04-02

Rapper Dance Discussion List: A small Yahoo mailing list with low traffic devoted to rapper dance. No description of purpose is given on the homepage. Archives are closed to subscribed members.; • Homepage: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rapper_dance/>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Sword Dancing

FAQ Entry Updated: 2003-05-29

rec.folk-dancing: rec.folk-dancing is a UseNet newsgroup that covers many forms of folk dancing. While most of the discussions center on Modern & Western square dancing and Contra dancing, there are also lively discussions on Morris, English Country dancing, Scottish dancing, clogging, international folk dancing, and any other form of dancing that might possibly be considered a folk form. Discussions from this list are occasionally cross-posted to the Morris Dancing Discussion Group.; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.folk-dancing>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-02

rec.music.celtic: rec.music.celtic is a UseNet newsgroup that frequently posts information on concerts, song lyrics, individual artists and groups. It has a fair number of British music enthusiasts. Morris discussions are rare.; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.music.celtic>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-02

rec.music.country.old-time: rec.music.country.old-time is a UseNet newsgroup devoted to Southern old time fiddle and banjo music, a music very much derived from traditional music brought with the Scottish, Irish and English immigrants who settled in the rural South.; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.music.country.old-time>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-02

rec.music.folk: rec.music.folk is a UseNet newsgroup that frequently posts information on concerts, song lyrics, individual artists and groups. It is mostly American but has some British and Irish content. Morris discussions are rare.; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.music.folk>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-02

rec.music.makers.squeezebox: rec.music.makers.squeezebox is an unmoderated discussion group focusing on the the playing and maintenance of all sorts of squeezeboxes, including piano and button accordions, concertinas, melodeons, and bandoneons. This can include, but is not limited to, discussion of playing technique; instrument types, including the classification of various instruments; construction, maintenance, and repair technique; cross-instrument comparisons; instruction; and literature.; There is an mailing list equivalent to the newsgroup: squeezebox@cs.cmu.edu and postings from the mailing list go to the newsgroup and vice versa.; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.music.makers.squeezebox>; • E-mail subscription: <http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/phoebe/accordion/squeezebox-newsgroup.html>; • FAQ: <http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/phoebe/accordion/squeezebox-FAQ.text>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Instruments

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-02

Renaissance Dance Mailing List. RENDANCE@morgan.ucs.mun.ca: Rendance is a mailing list for discussion of Renaissance dance. The intended focus is dance reconstruction and related research, but discussion on any relevant topic is welcomed. The Rendance home page contains archives of past postings and reference information.; • Homepage: <http://www.rendance.org/>; • Listserv: <http://www.rendance.org/list.html>; • Archive: <http://lists.mun.ca/archives/rendance.html>; • Maintainer: Andrew Draskóy <andrew@mun.ca>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-11-12

Scottish Folk Music List. scots_music@yahoogroups.com: Discussion group for those who are interested in Scottish traditional music. Formerly knows as Scots-L and now on Yahoo Groups. Not quite as informative as the Irish list (fewer tunes exchanged, less scholarship among the subscribers), but still a good source of information.; • Subscription: <http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/scots_music/>; • Maintainer: Toby Rider <tarider@blackmill.net>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2006-12-10

tabor_n_pipe List: tabor_n_pipe is a low to medium volume Yahoo discussion group dedicated to the pipe and tabor; where to find them, how to play them, how to find other players.; • Homepage & archives: <http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tabor_n_pipe/>; • Categories: Discussion Groups : Instruments

FAQ Entry Updated: 2004-06-03

The Strathspey Server: The Strathspey mailing list is a forum for the discussion of all aspects of Scottish country dancing, e.g., dance descriptions, dancing technique, the history of dances and dancing, learning or teaching how to dance, dance music, descriptions of new dances, announcements of events, etc. There are other community areas including a dance database, event listings, and links to related sites.; • Homepage: <http://www.strathspey.org/>; • Mailing List: <http://www.strathspey.org/archive>; • Dance Database: <http://www.strathspey.org/libDances>; • Maintainer: Anselm Lingnau <anselm@strathspey.org>; • Categories: Dance Notes : Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2004-06-03

uk.music.folk: The uk.music.folk Usenet newsgroup is for discussion of folk/roots/acoustic music in and from the UK. The group is unmoderated but Steve Mansfield maintains the FAQ.; • Newsgroup (Google): <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=uk.music.folk>; • FAQ: <http://www.lesession.vcisp.net/umf/umf_faq.htm>; • Maintainer: Steve Mansfield <steve@lesession.co.uk>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-11-29

uk.music.folk: The charter for says: "uk.music.folk is for discussion of folk/roots/acoustic music in and from the UK. Defining folk music has always been a precarious task and most of us who are into this kind of music have very catholic tastes which are reflected by the booking policies of most clubs. Therefore this group covers a broad range of tastes within that genre and embraces all those types of music that you would expect to hear in a folk - folk/blues club in the UK."; Steve Mansfield maintains an up-to-date FAQ page for the group that is worth reading for its own sake.; • Google Archives: <http://groups-beta.google.com/group/uk.music.folk>; • FAQ: <http://www.lesession.co.uk/umf/umf_faq.htm>; • Charter: <http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.music.folk.html>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2005-03-01

Yahoo Morris Group. morrisdancing@yahoogroups.com: This is both an email listserv and an online forum. The archives are freely browsable, but you do need a Yahoo account to use the other features such as the links section, chat room, photo albums, event calendar, and members roster. In addition, there are two other groups that are meant to be a consolidated calendar of team practice and performance schedules.; • Archives: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morrisdancing/>; • Performances: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morrisperformances/>; • Practices: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morristeamspractices/>; • Maintainer: John Lippincott <lipwak@yahoo.com>; • Categories: Discussion Groups

FAQ Entry Updated: 2002-12-07