I'm sending Joe an e-mail with the new MIDI of the song attached. I've made it lower and slower. I noticed that Morwen's original is marked at speed 120. This is the default MIDI that appears on a piece when no one tells the computer any different, and I found that I couldn't even go la-la-la to the melody at speed 120.

So I experimented and made it slower. I don't know if I did it right, but Morwen, you can let me know if it is too fast or too slow. Too slow is better, because you can always learn it slow and then speed it up yourself once you've learned it.

I looked at the sheet music you linked and didn't see a tempo number.

Let me explain that when I said above that the piece is a riot, that I was referring to a the section near the middle where the bass goes rum-pah-pah rum-pah-pah and one can almost see the camels swinging across the sand dunes. It is very enjoyable. Other sections are more lyrical, of course.

Let's hope Joe gets my message. He could be out of town or something.

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