No, not strident..I thought that point about expensive liner notes was valid.That's what's behind my question. As a pro songwriter who's made his living from the art for 38 years I don't read music! And I suspect a lot of other musicians don't either. When I first started in folk clubs I learned my Paxton and Ochs songs by ear, so I wondered if a paperback book with 150 lyrics with the chords would be a better bet than a Stan Rogers type songbook with twenty or so songs but with music notation and a glossy format?