"By the way, I am ignoring all comments by a certain person, "
Obviously yo are not - that's why you keep referring to me obliquely
Yo may lack the wherewithal to join in the conversation - that' different
Jack Camipin (who you keep scurrying behind, is an internet bully who prefers to do his bullying from a distance, as most bullies do

"To be honest I couldn't follow half of it."
Neither could I Steve, but neither of us are musicologists
I never had the benefit of a higher education - wouldn't it have been cheaper to just by a Jif Lemon ?

I met Charles on two memorable occasions - he was one of the most down-to-earth academics I've come across
The first was at a Critics meeting he attended
It was my first day at work in London and I fell asleep while he was speaking, so he kindly took me aside after the meeting and carefully explained what I had missed

The second time was during one of our marathon interview sessions with Ewan
Wenever Pat and I paused for thought during our questioning, Charles would jump in with a question of his own - a lovely addition to the night

I suppose you know of his inventing th 'meloograph', which he intended to use to measdure folk tunes
Bob Thomson described how he spent hours explaining how it worked to him
Unfortunately, before he could put it to use, the computer had overtaken it and made it obsolete (as ir more or less did with Cantometrics)
Isaac Asssimov was right - you shouldn't turn your backs on these ***** machines
Jim