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Andrew Kuntz & Valerio Pelliccioni

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-Although we are not trained musicologists and make no pretense to the profession, we have tried to apply such professional rigors to this Semantic Abc Web  as we have internalized through our own formal and informal education.
+The Traditional Tune Archive is made by people like you.
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-This demands the gathering of as much information as possible about folk pieces to attempt to trace tune families, determine origins, influences and patterns of aural/oral transmittal, and to study individual and regional styles of performance.
+May this season bring you peace, joy, and a little extra time to connect with the people and activities you love most.
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-Many musicians, like ourselves, are simply curious about titles, origins, sources and anecdotes regarding the music they play.  Who, for example, can resist the urge to know where the title ''Blowzabella'' came from or what it means, or speculating on the motivations for naming a perfectly respectable tune ''Bloody Oul' Hag, is it Tay Ye Want''?
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-Knowing the history of the melody we play, or at least to have a sense of its historical and social context, makes the tune 'present' in the here and now, and enhances our rendering of it.
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 ''[[UserWiki:Andrew|Andrew Kuntz]] & [[UserWiki:WikiSysop |Valerio Pelliccioni]]''
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