For those who want dots on the page for fiddle tunes, there are some good resources on the internet. Here are a few sites that share notation, though you’ll quickly notice that things don’t always agree. Learning the version that someone brings to a jam can be more useful and rewarding than getting one from a book/notation, or even getting one from a recording.

• There are some good online collections of transcriptions, including sites like The Traditional Tune Archive and Old Time Fiddle Tunes. There are some good broad fiddle songbooks out there, with the most widely-recognized probably being The Milliner-Koken collection. It has a wider variety than most and is just massive (1404 tunes over 741 pages). Others are more specific, like Jeff Titon’s collection of Kentucky tunes or resources about specific artists. Searching for PDF images in your favorite search engine can be productive, too. MuseScore often has some that are not in other sources. But it’s always necessary to try and find good recordings to check these against.
• Speaking of: while notes on the page are helpful, the listening is more so. Slippery Hill is the de facto standard for finding source recordings. They also house complete collections used by many of the tune books (including the MK collection). The Field Recorders Collective offers some great sets through Bandcamp.
• I’ve made a ton of my own transcriptions from recordings I enjoy and I’m happy to share them if you want to reach out.
• I recently learned about The Old Time 100, a project from George Jackson and Tristan Scroggins. They ran a survey and then recorded 100 tunes in just over a day. The first two albums are out as of now, but my understanding is that George Jackson’s Patreon has access to more resources about these tunes (and others). Similar Patreon projects are all over the place. If you know of good ones, let me know and I’ll link them here!
• On that topic, there are some great podcasts. *Get Up in the Cool* from Cameron DeWhitt has a nice focus on innovative projects from string band and old time artists. There’s a good bit on country, too. Two that I’ve enjoyed are Rissi Palmer’s Color Me Country and Cocaine and Rhinestones, a history podcast from Tyler Mahan Coe. Same here, let me know of others!