IB - you talk as if traditional English music is, and has always been, as free as American jazz...but, if true, we wouldn't have that body of songs/tunes that you just recommended I again dip into. And, accordingly, if you'll pardon the pun, surely the idea is to remember, NOT forget, them. Thus, for a while, I think I'll sit on the 50 or so song and hymn tunes that I've just about memorized (and worked out) the recorder and keyboard fingerings for.