For the last few years, my concertina-playing friend and I (button accordion) have been asked to do a tunes slot at our folk club Burns supper, as there are already plenty of singers. It has given us the chance to root out some older tunes that Burns used, as well as ones we think the singers are less likely to sing, so no toes trodden on. One year, our set was all jigs, another, all strathspeys ( which largely had every "snap" ironed out of them when they became songs!), and we also have a set of reels. This year it will be a mixed bunch, starting with a slow air and gradually going up tempo with each successive tune, until we finish with a reel.