To Eric the Red: I won't use your language, but I don't know much about chords and polyphony, because I'm a folkie who just plays and sings the top-line melody, with recorders and keyboards. I've been able to read such top-lines for some time now but am only just getting to the point where I can mimic my singing with these instruments - i.e., write music.
To Marje - I've placed in a few folk-festivals and, if you bothered to look, have received some more-positive Comments on that same, above, Space.
Love, WAV