>> I think we're scaring the newcomers.
> That worries me too.  We could take this discussion somewhere
> else if necessary - it's not really about abc per se.  Any
> newcomers like to comment?  Or alternatively somebody post
> some tunes so this isn't the only thread in town :-)

Lemme try to do both.  How well would the matching algorithms suggested so
far do on identifying the variation-ness of variations?  Like this set?

X:70
T:To Daunton Me
C:James Oswald
S:Caledonian Pocket Companion
Q:Slow % which will probably make most ABC implementations throw a fit,
       % but it's what Oswald wrote and it damn well needs to be allowed
       % for in the standard.
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edor
  F>A | B2        (E>F)        E2        (A>G)     |   (F>A)(E>F)               D2 
(d>e) |\
       (fe)(dB)               (d<B)(A<F)           |    B2         (E>F)        E2     
 :|
(TF>E)| D2        (d>e)        d3             e    |   (fe/f/)     (e/d/)(c/B/) A3    
d  |\
        B2        (e>f)        e3             f    |({a}g)f     ({f}e)d         B2 
(d>e) |
        f2     ({a}g)f         e2     ({g}f)e      |    d>edB                   ABde   
  |\
       (f>d)(e>B)             (d>A)      (B/A/F/A/)|    B2          E>F         E2     
 :|
 (F>A)| B2         E2          d3             c/B/ |    A(B/G/) ({A}G)(F/E/)    D2  
d>e  |\
        fdef                  (DEF)A               |    B2          E>F         E2     
 :|
(TF>E)| D2        (FA)         d3             e    |    f(3(e/d/c/) dB          A3 
(d/c/)|\
        BEGB                  (e^de)f              |   (g/a/f/g/    e/f/)(d/e/) B2 
(d>e) |
       (fe/f/      g)f        (ed/e/      f)e      |    d(c/B/)     dF          A2 
(d>e) |\
        f/(e/d/f/) e/(d/B/e/) (d/B/A/d/) (B/A/F/A/)|    B2          E>F         E2     
 :|
  F>A | B    E2             F       G(A/B/)  AG    |    F/(d/c/B/)  A/(G/F/E/)  D2 
(d>e) |\
        f (3(e/d/c/) d   (3(c/B/A/) BDEF           |    B2          E>F         E2     
 :|
(TF>E)| D    F2             A2       d2       f    |    a(g/f/)     e/d/c/B/    A3 
(G/F/)|\
        E    G2             B2       e       Bf    |   (g/a/f/)g/  (e/f/d/)e/   B2 
(d>e) |
        f    a2     (g/f/) (e/f/)   g2       (f/e/)|    de/f/      (e/d/)(c/B/) ABde   
  |\
       (f/e/)d (e/d/)B     (d/B/)A       (B/A/F/A/)|    B2          E>F         E2     
 :|
M:6/8
"Jig"
 F    |B2E  E2F|(AF)E  D2(d/e/)|(fe)d (DE)F|(BA)F E2:|\
 F    |D2d  d2e|(fe)d (BA)F    |
                                 E2e   E2g |(fe)d B2
(d/e/)|f3  Te3 | d2B  (AB)d    |(FE)D (EF)A|(BA)F E2:|


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