OK, OK, at least I'm prepared to admit that I have a passion for this subject. Here is something that may make it easier for you to peruse your music collections and see what's not in the Digital Tradition.

I have assembled a simple Excel spreadsheet which lists almost all songs alphabetically, and shows unambiguously whether the tune is there as well.

It is the October 98 version of the DT and doesn't include tunes submitted late last year. It also runs out at the letter 'T'. That still leaves a few thousand songs without tunes. That's more than enough for everyone to have a go at plugging the gaps.

Please email me at johninbrisbane@hotbot.com if you would like a copy. The Excel file is Version 5 so should not provide compatibility problems.

Regards
John

PS With some help from Joe, Big Mick and Philippa, I hope to have a user friendly guide to ABC notation posted to this forum in the next week (or so). I hope that it will be of value to Mudcatters of mixed music training and background, and provide an easy and satisfying way to contribute tunes to this Forum. If you would like a draft copy in Word 6 please send me an email.