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0639f8a | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 | # British Folk Database (BFDB)
The British Folk Database (BFDB) is a collection of **13,835 dated folk tunes** (monophonic melodies) in **'ABC' format**, a text-based music notation system widely used for folk music.
## File Structure
### 1. `tune_abc_files/`
- This folder contains all the folk tunes in **ABC format**.
- Each file is named using the pattern:
**`yearOfCollection_Title.abc`**
Example: `1740_Welch March.abc`.
### 2. `dataset.csv`
- This file provides metadata for each tune:
- **filename**: Filename of each tune
- **year**: Year that the tune was originally collected
- **title**: Title of each tune
- **source**: URL to where the tune was found online and where applicable, the name of the tune book that it comes from
- **composer/performer**: Composer/Perfomer/Collector of the tune
- **metre**: Metre of the tune
- **key**: Musical key of the tune
- **tempo**: Suggested performance speed
- **style**: Genre or style of the tune (e.g., jig, reel, march)
- **digital_transcriber**: Name of the person who transcribed the tune in ABC format
- If any of these details are unavailable, the value is marked as `N/A`.
### 3. `tune_pitch_rhythm_vectors.tsv`
- This file contains **pitch and rhythm vectors** extracted from each tune.
- **Pitch Vectors**: Represent the **relative intervals** between successive notes.
- **Rhythm Vectors**: Represent the **relative note values**, e.g. in 4/4 time:
- A quarter note = `1.0`
- A semi-quaver = `0.5`
## Notes
- The dataset is intended for musicological research, computational music analysis, and machine learning tasks.
- Please cite this dataset appropriately if used in academic or commercial work.
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