The physical force thing in my previous post was a joke, BTW.

Song books are welcome. Amnesia may be induced by nervousness. We want people to be comfortable.

We don't frown on capos either.

With respect to people who consider that everyone should learn songs by heart and, for that matter, that all players should be able to play in all keys by shifting position etc etc etc... We are not professionals. We are people with too few hours in each day to practice and learn as much as we would like, having a bit of social, musical crack. If the shy, or musically undeveloped need a crutch, well what the heck. I can always find room for a music stand or two.