Folk Songs by meter

Meter Type Sort

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Songs are organized by singing meter — syllables per line (8.6.8.6 = Common Meter, etc.), counted from the lyrics with the modal pattern across verses. Folk songs & tunes: the Digital Tradition folk song database (Mudcat Café). Hymn tunes: Hymnary.org tune index filtered to folk & traditional melodies — previews synthesized from melodic incipits; follow the tune link for full scores. Tune archive: the Nottingham Music Database of British & Irish session tunes (instrumental — no singing meter), via the ABC notation ecosystem. Piano: FluidR3 soundfont samples.