https://opentrad.net/en/ Resources for free popular music: transcriptions, plans for musical instruments making, audio filess, videos. en Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:00 +0300 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 +0300 https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://opentrad.net/feeds/rss/illu.jpg https://opentrad.net/en/ 144400 https://opentrad.net/en/workshop/misc/find-wood/ Do you need beautifull planks with inspiring patterns to make instruments, toys or jewellery? When you are in town, go rummaging through bins, especially on bulky waste collection days or pretty much any time between blocks of flats (people moving house) ; have a chat with the park maintenance staff and gardeners. Just saying. When you are in the countryside, gather fallen branches from the ground, hunt for treasures in your firewood pile. Finally, cut them into small planks using a froe (or, if you don’t have one, use an axe and a drawknife – which is what I do), then plane them down. And, of course, if you have a bandsaw or a table saw, it might be easier… In any case, let your planks dry slowly for at least a few months! 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/transcriptions/trad/vol_6/cotillion-sussex_en.pdf Here is a lovely theme for a cotillion, a dance that was popular in the 18th century. It can of course be used for other contradances, with a 4×8 then 6×8 steps structure. 02 Jan 2026 23:59:00 +0200 https://opentrad.net/audio/carnet-de-notes/cuckoo_cotillions.mp3 A few days alone at home allowed me to begin recording the album I want to dedicate to this cute cheap instrument. It's a little garmon (also called garmoshka), a diatonic and unisonoric button accordion. I'll add other instruments later (violin…) but Here is the recording of the garmon for the first two tracks (together in 1 file). 1. The Cuckoo (trad) 2. Sussex Cotillion (trad) / Fashion Cotillion (by yours truly). I hope you'll like it! 01 Jan 2026 21:12:00 +0200 https://opentrad.net/en/workshop/aerophones/flutes/duct/tube/design/kosel/ Copy and translation of Pete Kosel's old website (late 1990s), containing advice on making flutes out of plastic pipes and, above all, Flutomat, a JavaScript programme based on Peter L. Hoekje's spreadsheet, which made it possible to design the dimensions of a flute simply in a web browser. Since then, this script has been used, adapted and improved in numerous ‘flutomats’ and other ‘calculators’, both online and offline. 14 Nov 2025 04:56:00 +0200 https://opentrad.net/en/workshop/aerophones/flutes/ Translation of the flute page and the article about Guido Gonsato. 06 Nov 2025 14:16:00 +0200 https://opentrad.net/en/workshop/aerophones/flutes/duct/vessel/mikrofloot/mikrofloot_en.pdf A brief introduction to the mikroflööt and some tablatures for your first tunes. 05 Nov 2025 01:03:00 +0200 https://opentrad.net/transcriptions/trad/vol_1/valse-amour-brune-en.pdf Inspired by a version from Quebec (Gaspésie), based on Marguerite and Raoul d'Harcourt's collection ‘Chansons folkloriques françaises au Canada’ (French Folk Songs in Canada) - 1956. Here we propose a minor key version of the melody, in the manner to the one recorded by the group Ellébore on their LP ‘Chansons et danses d'Anjou et de Vendée’ (Songs and Dances from Anjou and Vendée) - 1978. 05 Nov 2025 00:35:00 +0200 https://opentrad.net/transcriptions/trad/vol_1/valse-amour-blonde-en.pdf "I made love to a brunette". Some French songs begin with these lyrics (I have seen occurrences on books and web from France, Belgium, Quebec, and Louisiana). It is usually the story of a lover rejected by his brunette (this time, exceptionally, she is blonde). After Jean Ritz's collection, from the Alps « Les chansons populaires de la Haute-Savoie » - 1910. 28 Oct 2025 15:44:00 +0200 https://exode.me/w/kiVRKCJPn2dkvWSLa3D8yb From my personal archives, some images from the 2013 Baltica Festival. This international folklore festival takes place every year from one Baltic country to another. The next edition will be held in Estonia from 3 to 7 June 2026! 09 Oct 2025 02:30:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/transcriptions/trad/vol_1/valse-chateau-queyras-et.pdf Files update for this waltz collected in the Alps by Julien Tiersot at the beginning of the 20th century. From his book “Chansons populaires, recueillies dans les Alpes françaises (Savoie et Dauphiné)” - 1903. 05 Oct 2025 02:14:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/en/workshop/aerophones/flutes/duct/vessel/mikrofloot/mikrofloot_et.pdf A brief introduction (in Estonian) to the mikroflööt and some tablatures for your first tunes. 26 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0300 https://exode.me/w/gkRd7Xe3DnquQ2PBS1HVXN Greensleeves and some images of the mikroflööt making process. 24 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/fr/transcriptions/trad/vol_6/jig-kesh.pdf The famous jig, often played on the tin whistle. 07 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0300 https://exode.me/w/3MB3dQD5yADNDXjFtRecjR How to widen a PVC pipe to make a flute mouthpiece connectable. 04 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/fr/workshop/aerophones/flutes/ The layout of the flutes section has been redesigned to be more resource- and tutorial-oriented. 16 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/fr/transcriptions/trad/vol_6/leaving-lismoore.pdf An old march that has become a pretty Scottish waltz. 15 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/fr/workshop/idiophones/ A new section for the workshop part of our website! 14 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0300 https://exode.me/w/tzQEDSxw5hEpBnDN8sY9iD Wooden mouthpiece for tin whistle: carving the block. 23 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0200 https://exode.me/w/jZBheQKLVsGJoDSAs3yMyu Wooden mouthpiece for tin whistle: carving the bevel. 18 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0200 https://exode.me/w/f4R6RmXcWUb8aFWwrE4UJd A traditional tune from the Estonian repertoire played on a gemshorn made from goat horn. 02 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0200 https://opentrad.net/en/transcriptions/diato/bzh-laride-2-diato.pdf Er familh a Geriginenn. 10 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0300 https://exode.me/w/iAqNVcVbtBE2riRdLsmZkQ This video took me a long time to make! A little accordion music, a walk along the river and some chit-chat about the Dorian mode (in French). 9 Nov 2024 16:30:00 +0300 https://exode.me/w/h7aNWwDYTUNMNezrsP4FBm Wordless presentation of a model of my vessel flute ‘bûchette’ (french word for ‘little log’) 22 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0300 https://opentrad.net/fr/transcriptions/trad/vol_5/noces-roussel.pdf Wedding March by François Roussel, transcribed from a collection by Olivier Durif and André Ricros. 29 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0300