well someone had to say "pardon?"

BTW I take ear plugs to ceilidhs and concerts these days. Not that I do many concerts unless I am stewarding at a festival.
WOULD MY MESSAGE BE ANY MORE MUSICAL IF I SHOUTED IT?
its not the finger anyway it is the cupped hand and even (in the case of Ewen McColl) the forearm, that is the folk equivalent of the monitor cans.