I have no desire to stop people using the book. We have 133 tunes - I suspect none of us can play all of them except the really good readers. Most of us probably play from memory but I don't think many of us can pick up tunes on first hearing.

Having the book means any site reader can drop in and play, those who have learned already can also play. Because we have dots, ABCexplorer midi and recordings of live bands from YouTube on our website, people have all ways of learing the tunes.

We feel we are part of the living tradition of tune playing - dots, ears - sitting by Nellie - all the ways people have learned across 4 or 500 years.

Have you seen the Winder Collection of tune? Great book!

Cheers