Apols for stating the obvious about speeds.

At the Lewes Favourites, we've found computer music software a splendid tool for capturing tunes, sending them round by email, comparing them, and editing them to reflect what gets played locally. The software we use most is Noteworthy Composer, but abc is very valuable and adaptable as well; there are a lot of collections such as the Village Music Project on the web in abc format, and it is easy to send in emails.

Andy Warburton and Bryan (The Snail) Creer have done a terrific job in getting our local session tunes into computer formats.

We also encourage people to record the practice sessions as an aid to memory (and possibly as a hideous example).

Valmai (Lewes)