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author Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
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1 This page lists the tunes selected for the monthly Oxford Beginners session.
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3 The Oxford Beginners session is an opportunity for all inexperienced
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4 musicians to gather and play together. The tunes, all popular in the
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5 folk session repertoire, are chosen because we think they're
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6 tunes that even those who have only been playing for a few weeks can have
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7 a go at. They don't require a fast tempo, and the range of notes is limited.
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8 But they're still real tunes, as played at other sessions.
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10 The first tunes in the list are those we think are especially easy.
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11 Start with those!
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13 The tunes are drawn mostly from the Cry Havoc session repertoire.
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14 Others are taken from the [Oxford Slow Session](https://oxfordslowsession.com/).