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Music from Non-British Celtic origins

Links with music content, either ABC, MIDI, Lyrics, tab, etc. Currently consisting of:

ABC : Links that have content related to ABC, the ASCII-based music notation protocol. The best invention after sliced bread

MIDI : MIDI is the language of musical instruments, including computers

Lyrics : words to songs

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Accordéon diatonique (accordeon diato, diatonic accordion, melodion, squeeze box, tablatures)
Accoustic Music - Dominique Riviere
Ar C'han ha Diskan
Barzhaz Breizh
Breizh Partitions : partitions de musique bretonne et celtique en téléchargement gratuit
Bretagne
Breton Folk Music, Breton Identity, And Alan Stivell's Again
Bretoned Bro Bariz
Breton-French-Dance -- A list devoted to Breton and other French traditional dances and music
Brittany - La Bretagne - Breizh
CADB. Diatonic Accordion Collective of Brittany
Celtic Music
Celtic shop in Brittany : Breton books, Breton music, Celtic art - Ar Bed Keltiek
Chansons en breton sur feuilles volantes
Festival Fisel
FNAC
Galician Bagpipes
Guitare Celtique
Gwenn Ha Du, la home page Bretonne d'Olivier
gwerz et celtic'sons les musiques de bretagne
International Committee for the Defense of the Breton Language
Kazimodal
La Cornemuse Ecossaise
L'annuaire des sonneurs
Les Membres de Meuriad
Music from Brittany
Musiques-Bretonnes.com
Son ha Ton. Chansons traditionelles bretonnes
Tad zo kuit ! Musik Breizh
Termen, groupe de musique de danses Bretonnes
THE DRUMMERS NEST
Tradfrance bienvenue
Yann-Fañch Perroches

Accordéon diatonique (accordeon diato, diatonic accordion, melodion, squeeze box, tablatures)	http://members.tripod.com/diato/
Luthier who also plays the diatonic accordeon. On the site are many transcriptions of mainly Breton music, in MIDI, sheet music and ABC. He also sells books with transcriptions. The site contains the description of CADB: a universal tablature system for diatonic accordeon.
Key: Brittany;ABC;MIDI;sheet;Wind \| Author: Bernard Loffet \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 559 broken

Accoustic Music - Dominique Riviere	http://membres.lycos.fr/acousticmusic/
Player of a.o. cittern and bouzouki, site has tab for some tunes.
Key: Brittany;sheet \| Author: Dominique Riviere \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 619 broken

Ar C'han ha Diskan	http://membres.lycos.fr/kanhadiskan/
About the Breton singing tradition of question and answer. Has a description of some of the dances associated with this singing, and a lexicon. All in French.
Key: Brittany \| Author: Julien Primus \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 618 broken

Barzhaz Breizh	http://chrsouchon.free.fr/homepage.htm
Three subjects: Yacobite songs, songs in the Breton language, and Breton dances. New URL.
Key: Lyrics;MIDI;Brittany \| Author: Christian Souchon \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 629 broken

Breizh Partitions : partitions de musique bretonne et celtique en téléchargement gratuit	http://breizhpartitions.free.fr/
Site in French with free transcriptions (in jpg format) of trad music. Note the part on transposing music for bagpipe and bombarde.
Key: Brittany;Galicia;sheet \| Author: Etien André - étudiant à l'INSA de Rennes \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 567 broken

Bretagne	http://perso.orange.fr/rose.quillien/
MIDI files of Breton dance music
Key: Brittany;MIDI \| Author: ? \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 645 broken

Breton Folk Music, Breton Identity, And Alan Stivell's Again	http://pobox.upenn.edu/~teachnet/Bretonjaf/bretonjaftoc.html
Article originally published in the Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 108 No. 429, Summer 19. No sound samples, but a description of Breton music tradition. Also many reviews of Breton CD's.
Key: Brittany \| Author: Stephen D. Winick \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 622 broken

Bretoned Bro Bariz	http://www.gwalarn.org/bbb/index.html
Contains a description of Kan ha Diskan music in Brittany and of the dances associated with it.
Key: Brittany \| Author: Ar Gazeg Veurzh \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 628 broken

Breton-French-Dance -- A list devoted to Breton and other French traditional dances and music	http://mailman.trad.org/mailman/listinfo/breton-french-dance
Mailing List
Key: Brittany \| Author: ? \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 644 broken

Brittany - La Bretagne - Breizh	http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1160/brittany.html#Descript
Part of a Folk Dance society in Australia, this is a special feature on Breton dancing, with dance descriptions. The MIDI links are broken, but there are many others to be found elsewhere.
Key: Brittany \| Author: Kitka Design \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 623 broken

CADB. Diatonic Accordion Collective of Brittany	http://www.cadb.org/
Sheet music, some also in ABC or MIDI, with tabulature for diatonic accordeon. A lot of Breton music, but also other Celtic music. The French version has much more content.
Key: Brittany;ABC;sheet;Wind \| Author: bernard.loffet-at-wanadoo.fr \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 552 broken

Celtic Music	http://tonyupton.tripod.com/music.html
Various pieces of sheet- and MIDI music
Key: sheet;MIDI;Brittany \| Author: Tony Upton \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 643 broken

Celtic shop in Brittany : Breton books, Breton music, Celtic art - Ar Bed Keltiek	http://www.arbedkeltiek.com/saozneg/index.htm
Online and brick-and-mortar shop in Brittany with many items relating to music.
Key: Shop;Brittany \| Author: info-at-arbedkeltiek.com \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 532 broken

Chansons en breton sur feuilles volantes	http://www.chez.com/follenn/index.html
In French. Broadside ballad equivalent. Has souns samples: extraits sonores.
Key: Brittany;mp3 \| Author: rouaud.thierry-at-wanadoo.fr \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 549 broken

Festival Fisel	http://www.rostrenen.fr/fisel/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29
Part of the site of a French festival, you get info here on one of the Breton danceforms. See also: http://www.fisel.org/accompagnement.htm.
Key: Brittany \| Author: ? \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 647 broken

THE DRUMMERS NEST	http://membres.lycos.fr/kemperle/cadreNN.htm
Drummers of Bagad Kemper, one of the best-known piping bands of Brittany. You must register, and then get access to tutorials. Haven't tried that yet.
Key: Brittany \| Author: Jean-Yves Hillion \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 626 broken

FNAC	http://www.fnac.com/
Online shop for CD's, DVD's and books. Has music from Brittany, includes Real Audio sound samples in the descriptions of the CD's
Key: Brittany;Shop \| Author: FNAC \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 563 broken

Galician Bagpipes	http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/gaita/gaita.html
About the gaita (Galician bagpipe), but also about Galician music. The MIDI files on his page seem to be unavailable, bt they came from his friend's archive: http://www.arrakis.es/~jpresedo/midi.htm
Key: Wind;MIDI;Galicia \| Author: Manuel Carro Liñares \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 596 broken

Guitare Celtique	http://guitareceltique.free.fr/index.htm
Free sheetmusic for mostly Breton tunes. Also some notes on arranging for DADGAD guitar, and chord shapes.
Key: Brittany;sheet;MIDI \| Author: ? \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 648 broken

Gwenn Ha Du, la home page Bretonne d'Olivier	http://kadaifi.free.fr/index.htm
Description of Breton dances, the only place I could find that also has pictures of the arm movements. Deactivated, but to be found here: http://kadaifi.free.fr/Site%20desactive%20le%2023%20novembre%202006/DBavecFr.htm
Key: Brittany \| Author: Olivier MONTMEAT \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 568 broken

gwerz et celtic'sons les musiques de bretagne	http://www.gwerz.com/
Links to very much (all?) groups in Brittany
Key: Brittany \| Author: GWERZ.COM - CELTIC'SONS 2003 \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 627 broken

International Committee for the Defense of the Breton Language	http://www.breizh.net/icdbl/saozg/index.htm
Linksite with lots of interesting resources for Breton music
Key: Brittany;linkspage \| Author: icdbl-at-optonline.net \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 573 broken

Kazimodal	http://kazimodal.trad.org/
French band, playing lots of Breton music, and kindly providing the sheet music on this site
Key: Brittany;sheet \| Author: kazimodal-at-trad.org \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 574 broken

La Cornemuse Ecossaise	http://bagpipe.free.fr/Accueil.htm
About the Scottisch bagpipes in special, but much to be found about other types. Sheet music for Scottisch and Breton music.
Key: sheet;Brittany \| Author: Bruno Thomas \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 642 broken

L'annuaire des sonneurs	http://www.mylinea.com/sonneurs/
Links to various resources with traditional music, most of them Breton.
Key: Brittany;linkspage \| Author: webmaster-at-sonneurs.com \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 560 broken

Les Membres de Meuriad	http://meuriad.free.fr/erwan.htm
Homepage of Breton group Meuriad, with Cittern list member Erwan Alix on cittern
Key: Bands;Lyrics;Brittany;Citternlist \| Author: erwan.alix-at-voila.fr \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 566 broken

Music from Brittany	http://pouevretseu.free.fr/
French site, with lots of sheet music and MIDI files of Breton music
Key: sheet;MIDI;Brittany \| Author: Association "Pouëvr'et Seu" \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 646 broken

Musiques-Bretonnes.com	http://www.musiques-bretonnes.com/
Online shop for Breton music.
Key: Brittany;Shop \| Author: ? \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 562 broken

Son ha Ton. Chansons traditionelles bretonnes	http://perso.wanadoo.fr/per.kentel/
Site in French. Formidable amount of transcriptions of Breton songs, including the lyrics. Available as sheetmusic and MIDI. All songs in one zip file: choose telecharger (download). Also: guide to pronunciation of the breton language.
Key: Brittany;ABC;sheet \| Author: quentel.pierre-at-wanadoo.fr \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 548 broken

Tad zo kuit ! Musik Breizh	http://tadzokuit.free.fr/
Group from Brittany, has some full lengt sound samples
Key: Brittany;MP3 \| Author: Tad zo kuit \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 620 broken

Termen, groupe de musique de danses Bretonnes	http://termen.free.fr/
Group from Brittany who are so kind as to share their repertoire as ABC. Also some sound samples from their CD's.
Key: Brittany;ABC \| Author: Termen \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 624 broken

Tradfrance bienvenue	http://www.tradfrance.com/
French traditional music in sheetmusic and ABC. Also first lessons on playing diatonic accordeon. Over two hundred Breton tunes. See the l'atelier de danses for a couple of movies in RealAudio for the steps to an dro and hanter dro.
Key: Brittany;ABC;sheet \| Author: spiron-at-tradfrance.com \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 551 broken

Yann-Fañch Perroches	http://www.perroches.com/aframe.htm
Breton musician, player in Skolvan. Sound samples on the page. His CD's have a booklet with the sheet music.
Key: Brittany;MP3 \| Author: Yann-Fañch Perroches \| to top of subject \| to main page \| ID: 553 broken