and, the DT..(the database) is not Max's project anyway....Dick Greenhaus and Susan of DT do the database: Max was merely good enough to host it. Most of those midis were entered laborously by hand just to show the basic tune. Dick is quite aware that there are real experts in midi sequencing out there who do quite complex arrangements. I have heard some wonderful ones, but I have heard some that were WAY overdone and didn't 'fit' the song ...in my opinion.

The midis in the DT, while not art in themselves, allow the person interested in learning the tune to hear a standard version, and then add the frills, trills and variations that they prefer. In 'folk', this is probably the safest route anyway.