Thanks for the encouragement. (That manners thread was a bit discouraging in a way.) I could, I suppose, try my MP3 player. (Only for the start note - I do prefer the freedom to modify the performance as I sing which wouldn't be there with a recording.) Or, a bit more authentically, I could work something out with my thumb piano. (Nobody plays one of those, so I wouldn't be comparing myself with the very skilful musicians around me!)

Penny