Apps for all three Portland Collections are available for iPads. These apps include clearly readable notation for all the tunes in the hard-copy books and contain all of the supplemental information found in the books. They also have search and organizational capacities that are not possible in the hard-copy books. We thank Transported Productions for developing these apps.
App Features
- Quickly display any tune in The Portland Collection tune books through the Search mechanism (search can be by tune title, book page number, key signature and/or meter).
- Learn more about each tune through the Information feature, which displays the Note on the Tune while the tune itself is visible.
- Create portfolios of tunes (Events) specific to your separate music occasions. These events can be shared via AirDrop, email, and file-sharing apps. Add your own tune files to the apps through the iTunes sharing feature.
- Combine the tunes in the three Portland Collection (and other) apps and organize the separate tunes into medleys via the TuneLibrarian app.
- Read detailed instructions, which are also available in a downloadable pdf format.
Purchasing Information
- Download the apps free of charge. The initial downloads contain 20 of the tunes in each of the respective The Portland Collection books and include all of the features of the full apps except the interface with the TuneLibrarian app.
- Unlock the remaining tunes in the books and the TuneLibrarian interface through an in-app purchase of $24.99.
The Portland Collection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest, Vol. 1, Rev. Ed.
The Portland Collection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest, Vol. 2
The Portland Collection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest, Vol. 3
Downloadable Instructions
Detailed instructions are included within the apps and are also available in a downloadable pdf format.
The Portland Collection: Vol. 1 Instructions
The Portland Collection: Vol. 2 Instructions
TuneLibrarian
Purchasing this IOS app for $4.99 will allow you to create medleys of tunes. With it, you are able to collect and combine the tunes you purchased in the Portland Collection apps with the tunes in other apps created by Transported Productions. The Barnes Books of English Country Dance Tunes, Vols. 1 and 2), A Little Couple Dance Musik, and several other collections of contra dance and Irish fiddle music can all be imported into TuneLibrarian. You can also import tunes from your computer or that you have photographed into this app.