What I found best about the Towersey thing was not so much to do with pace, more to do with guidance as to how everyone could get best enjoyment at their own level. I'm afraid it's a fact that most of us can't "ear" the chords and in many cases by the time you've worked out the key, they are on to the next tune.

So what we less accomplished people need is the stage between bedroom and pub session.

The format I go to at present is like a group class, which would be perfect for practising session type tunes, but that's not what the rest of them are into, so I'm stuck with 60s and 70s pop/rock stuff mainly.