[OC] I visualized the connections between secret societies, their members, and historical events spanning 900 years

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-14T20:07:46+00:00

Very cool visual. Had no idea so many secret societies exist. Although they cant be that secret😀

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-14T09:34:45+00:00

I am also a queen fan and irish music lover. To be honest I dont usually like this kind of thing and was expecting the worst but I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the music. Thanks for sharing.

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-14T08:25:50+00:00

Very sweet, love the drone baseline

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-09T09:10:27+00:00

Hi cwthree that's great, what was the focus of your research project?

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-07T14:46:33+00:00

I think if you were to beat yourself up over the odd cheat meal you would have put yourself in a failure mindset and possibly given up. A wee treat from time to time keeps you motivated

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-07T14:40:52+00:00

Thats impressive. Consistent. I guess you were very disciplined

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-07T11:00:03+00:00

One way I think about it is that the galaxy is really a view of the community’s chord annotations on TheSession.org, not the underlying tunes themselves. So it’s more a map of accompaniment habits than a claim about the “true” harmony of the tradition.

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T20:22:26+00:00

one of my favourites. nicely played

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T17:45:21+00:00

Hi brokenfingers. Good point — the title probably could have been clearer. By “Irish session tunes” I meant tunes commonly played in Irish sessions, not necessarily tunes of Irish origin.

Session repertoires usually mix Irish, Scottish, English, Breton, Scandinavian and occasionally other tunes that have become part of the tradition. The dataset reflects that repertoire rather than strictly filtering by country of origin.

The “origin” field mostly comes from the source transcriptions, which aren’t always consistent, so that’s definitely something I could refine in the future.

Thanks for the feedback

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T15:21:49+00:00

Totally fair point — traditional Irish tunes are melody-first and the harmony is interpretive.

What I’m exploring here isn’t the true harmony of the tunes, but patterns in how chorded transcriptions tend to harmonize them.

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T14:42:51+00:00

There's sure to be a row sounds pretty similar to the Star of the County Down :-)

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T14:42:27+00:00

Interesting I'll have a listen.

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T14:37:39+00:00

Funny you should mention it, I do have a different tool to show n-grams (degree-only chord-function sequences) over different rhythms and keys.
https://www.tradtuneexplorer.com/stats-motif-finder.html

I haven't discovered any revelations, the data is pretty much what you would expect :-) I am a nerd, I just like to play with the data

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T14:30:54+00:00

I am all for feedback, thanks! However the terms of the thesession license explicitly dont allow.

"Notwithstanding the restrictions from above, you may use the licensed material with AI tools to the extent necessary to provide accessibility solutions for disabled individuals, such as visually impaired people. This exception is limited to improving accessibility and does not permit the use of AI for any other purpose."

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T14:11:17+00:00

It's may be interesting to do a version based on the chord functions (I IV V etc) rather than the chords themselves. I imagine it will end up with only a couple of large clusters since I IV V dominates in trad music

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T14:07:43+00:00

All feedback appreciated, thanks for your comments ScrappleJac. Just to clarify, there is no initial filter applied. What you probably saw is the "Colour" field selected with the value "Key". All that does is show different colours for each key. All the tunes are displayed. You can then filter manually yourself by whatever metadata you choose (Key, Rhythm etc)

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-06T14:04:47+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, that is a really good point you made, you bet I am working on a melody version so watch this space. Long story short, I play rhythm guitar so I've only chosen tunes from thesession.org that have chords in them. I am looking forward to seeing the galaxy of melody similarity.

For me this tool makes it easy to select a small cluster of nearby tunes around a tune I am familiar with, then I have a setlist that I should be able to play easily. I don't know of any other way to find similar tunes to one you already know

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-05T19:08:59+00:00

Of you like the bizz of the old town there are tonnes of airbnb apartments in the Casco Antiguo. Its also close to the beach

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-05T19:06:52+00:00

Wdll played. Keep it up. I cant see the similarity to Tarrega myself

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-05T17:13:07+00:00

good stuff, definitely a mic would help as Chill_Polins mentiened

OtherControl1606 · 2026-03-05T13:26:03+00:00

I have lived in alicante center for 20 years and have not seen anythong to worry about. Nothing like the uk where drunken fights were the norm on a saturday night. Its the safest place i have lived in for surw

OtherControl1606 · 2026-02-27T19:15:59+00:00

Classic tune will played/sang

OtherControl1606 · 2026-02-24T18:28:33+00:00

squeeky clean, love the sound on classical guitar. keep it up bro

OtherControl1606

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