'You've learnt a song, worked on it, practised it, worked out where to pitch it, thought about which bits to ornament or not, where to speed it up or slow it down, etc, etc.'

Part of the problem is that's what too many people don't do!

Nevertheless I'm still very glad I don't find it needs to be said, at least not at our sessions.

It may just be that if there are enough singers and players in the room who do practice and don't need cribsheets - the folks who would use them up their game a little without the need for anything to be said...

People do want to learn from those they respect - the success of workshops at festivals and at Lewes etc shows this clearly.

Gavin

Gavin