I am musically illiterate------can't read a note ! As a tune-player,rather than a singer,I tend to learn any tune that I like,irrespective of whether it was written 300 years ago or last week.Thus I have several O'Carolan (or Carolan,if you must) tunes in my repertoire,alongside several by such as Frederick Paris,Wim Poesen, and Roger Talroth,et al. As I have got older,I have grown away from some of the ideas and prejudices about what is "traditional" and what isn't,as, frankly,I think that life's too short to worry about what may or may not be "conditional" about the type of music that I love.This week,I shall be learning to play,on guitar," Kitty Lie Over Next To The Wall", and a version of "Buttons and Bows" in Morris Dance time-signature------what fun !!