2019 Bourne Tune Book
The 2019 Bourne Tune Book contains 170 pages of 504 great tunes — compiled by Pete Shaw for folk musicians everywhere.
It is free for you to download and print!
Pete put an enormous amount of care into this collection — tunes gathered from decades of playing, teaching, and sessions across the country. Whether you're a fiddle player looking for new repertoire, an accompanist wanting chord sheets, or just curious what a folk tune book looks like, this is a wonderful place to start.
Downloads
📕 The Full Tune Book — Download the complete 2019 Bourne Tune Book (5.5MB PDF)
📋 Cheat Sheet with Index — For those who remember tunes but can't recall how they start
🎸 Chord Sheets with Index — For accompanists like guitarists or keyboard players
📑 Landscape Index — Find the page number for any tune
Listen to Every Page
Below is a matrix of page numbers. Click any page number to hear the tunes on that page, played slowly so you can learn them.
About the Tune Book
The Bourne Tune Book has been a staple of the South Lincolnshire folk music scene for many years. Pete compiled tunes from sessions, workshops, and his own teaching over decades.
What's included:
- 504 tunes across 170 pages
- Jigs, reels, polkas, waltzes, hornpipes, and more
- Traditional English, Irish, Scottish, and American tunes
- Session favourites and teaching tunes
Other Tune Books
Pete also created earlier editions of the Bourne Tune Book:
All material by Pete Shaw is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License and may be freely downloaded and copied for amateur use.