The Portland Collection Vol. 1

This sample app demonstrates the features of the full Portland Collection, Vol. 1 app, which can be purchased for $24.99. The full app contains clearly readable notation for the 318 jigs and reels in this popular tune book, which has become ubiquitous among contra dance and other musicians. Irish, Scottish, Québécois, Appalachian, and New England genres are represented. The tunes are both traditional and recently composed, from local, (Portland, Oregon) treasures to national contra dance standards. There is an extensive commentary on every tune including stories about the tunes from their composers. There are chord suggestions, a discography, a bibliography, and more. The tunes and their histories were collected from many Portland contra dance musicians who generously gave of their time and talent to help create this comprehensive musical resource. All features of The Portland Collection, Vol. 1 (book) are included in this app.

App Features:
• Quickly display any tune in the The Portland Collection, Vol. 1 through the Search mechanism.
• 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.
• Add your own tunes to the app.
• Use the TuneLibrarian app to collect tunes from this and other Transported Productions tune apps into a single library with the ability to group tunes into medleys.


Events can be created and shared via AirDrop, email, and file sharing apps.

You can find instructions for this app at http://www.TransportedProductions.com/iDeas