TTA:Getting started/Commentaries

Introduction New Users New to the Traditional Tune Archive?. Adding tunes The Tune input form Tune book The Tune input form Recorded sources The Tune input form Tune Annotations Anecdotes, provenance, examples of associated lyrics and miscellaneous information regarding a melody. Typesetting Guidelines A minimum set of quality guidelines for newly typeset works Public domain material Public Domain made simple Theme Code Index An alternative Search method

The Traditional Tune Archive Annotations Anecdotes, identifying or clarifying historical information, provenance, examples of associated lyrics and miscellaneous information regarding a melody may be entered, including information about sources, playing techniques and peculiarities, etc.  Every attempt should be made to separate information which is factual and verifiable from that which is speculative and unverified. Annotations and other entries will be assessed and reviewed by experienced TTA users, then approved, and a system for clarifying and resolving disputed information has been established (see section on "Edit Review" in the "Special Pages" in the left-hand toolbar of the TTA for more). Disputed elements of commentaries and identification of need for citation will be editorially inserted, and will follow established wiki processes until resolved. When you finished inserting the Tune and save your work, the resulting Tune page has a red link on top of the form that, if clicked, open a new page where to add your annotation. The new page is not a blank page but a template page to fill with your information. At the end of your work you will get something like this (just an example): X:0 T: No Score C: The Traditional Tune Archive M: K: x GIGUE DES BAVARDS. (Talkers Gigue?). French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Gigue des bavards" was recorded in 1938 in Montreal by fiddler-composer biography:Isidore Soucy (1899-1962), who was accompanied on the recording by his nephew, pianist Romuald Soucy.