Thanks for your reply, and for staying on topic.
Yes, this is what I've been doing pretty much. Old Eb is a pretty repetitive tune, so it lends itself easily to isolating useful fragments. Sadly, I have to drop down to like 80bpm before I can reliably take the swing out and keep it out. Hopefully I can ratchet it back up over the next few days or weeks. And by "back up" I mean back to the still not fast enough tempo I was playing it before!
By the way, when I play Fisher's Hornpipe, I think I swing the melody. Haven't heard it any other way, but I haven't gone looking for it with swung vs staight in mind either.
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