Thanks, John....I didn't know them. But I'm sure going to learn! Actually, on many of the older tunes, when played in an authentic style, the third is something "other" than a major or minor third. So a chord without the third isn't faking it--it's right. When I was in a class with Jere Canote and he showed us how to play an A that way, somebody said, "Oh, I call that A-neutral!"

And, M.Ted, Ed's site includes a link to a freeware program called Van Basco's Karaoke player, which will load automatically when you click on a tune. So you can change the key, or the tempo, as easy as pie. (Actually, I tried to bake a pie once, and it was definitely NOT easy...)

The only problem I've found with the site is that about a third of the tunes (the ones in the right-hand column, including all the neat C tunes) are inaccessible--the cursor does not change to a pointer when you hover over the tune name, and right-clicking doesn't do anything. I don't know anything about source code and HTML, but maybe somebody who does can check and tell me if it's my problem or the site's problem.

Skipjack, (or anyone else) just let me know when you'll be in Hawaii, and I'd love to jam!

This is exactly what I hoped for when starting this thread. Makes me feel very good that I just sent a check to the Mudcat! (Hint, hint...)

Aloha,
Mark