At The American Folk Song Collection you can:
- Search for songs using a powerful database (Search the Collection)
- Print lyrics, musical scores, song analysis, background information and game directions
- Listen to field recordings from the Library of Congress and other sources
- View short films on the history, philosophy and teaching applications of the work of Zoltán Kodály (The Kodály Vision)
- Learn more about the collection and other learning resources (The Kodály Center)
- Locate folk song resources (Bibliography)
- Look up unfamiliar terms (Glossary)
Technical Requirements
While the site is usable with a dial-up, modem connection, a broadband (cable or DSL) connection is recommended for viewing the flash movies and listening to the sound recordings.
A free Sibelius Scorch plug-in is needed to view and print the musical scores on this site. A prompt for this download will appear once you have selected a song, or you can download Sibelius Scorch now. The download, which is completely safe for Windows and Mac systems, need only be done once.
A free Quicktime plug-in is needed to listen to sound recordings on this site. A prompt for this download will appear the first time you click on Hear Recording, or you can Quicktime now. If your computer already has Quicktime, the download, which is also completely safe for Windows and Mac systems, will provide the most recent upgrade.
A free Flash plug-in is needed to view the movies in the "Kodály Vision" section.
Content Copyright Notice
We have made every effort to determine the copyright status of each song and recording included on this website, to identify the copyright owner, and to secure permission where necessary. We hope that copyright owners will pardon any omissions or errors and will notify us so that corrections can be made.
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Conducting a Search
A click on "Search the Collection" will take you to the Search Page (see at right) where you can view all titles in the collection, search for a specific song title, or select musical or cultural parameters for an advanced song search.
A "Search by Category" allows you to search the collection by criteria, including grade level, region, song type, subject matter, and musical categories such as meter or scale type. The best results will be obtained if the search is limited to one or two parameters at a time.
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Using Search Results
When you click on a song title, a Scorch score sheet with music and lyrics will appear (see at right). By using the buttons on the top of the Scorch score sheet, you can transpose the music to a different key, save the score sheet to a file on your computer, or print the score sheet.
Each folk song in the collection has been annotated to provide helpful background and musical analysis for classroom use. If you are unfamiliar with terms in the analysis, you may access a glossary at the bottom of every page.
The musical analysis, which can be found below the Scorch score sheet, can also be accessed by a link above the score sheet. If the song has attached game directions or recordings, a link will also be displayed above the score sheet.
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