Thanks for making the comment — I’m glad to have these kinds of discussions here where others can benefit from them.

I certainly could make a really cool spreadsheet. Here are some buts:

It’s rare that students/groups learn pieces in exactly the same order, because non-Foundation pieces get introduced at varying times and sometimes in varying order. Not having your songs ordered on the page based on how you yourself learned them adds more complexity back into managing your list.

To the extent that students are interested in combining songs, that can only be done when each student is ready with the various component songs. Further, most of the combinations are flexible and optional. Both of these things create additional levels of Playlist variation from one student/group to the next.

In principle, I’d be open to creating a single master Playlist, but I wouldn’t/couldn’t take on the work of customizing a list for each student/group on the basis of the differences I’ve just talked about, and I don’t think anyone could really expect me to. Want and hope, maybe, but not expect.

Finally, there’s something to be said for students doing it themselves. Here’s a quote from teacher training materials about the evaluation forms that students complete at the end of each program: “It is both important and valuable for the student to experience writing out the names of every song learned in any given level.” I have to believe that this value shouldn’t be left to be found only every several months upon completing an evaluation form but also should be gained ongoingly as each student expands their Playlist, manifesting on paper their growing repertoire.