If you had to get up and perform right now, how many songs could you do?

[M19]

30 or 40 I guess. Majority fingerstyle, minority strum and sing.

[Gordo in OZ]

A bit over 60. There are more but they were learned years ago and I don't bother playing them anymore. I almost never forget a lyric but I do forget which songs I know. I keep a list to remind me of the Song, Tuning, Key and Capo Position.

[doctorinthehouse]

id probably do the 16 i have in the set at the moment that wouldn't be a problem

[Guitar Cowboy]

My playlist has about 40 songs that I have performed, but for most of them I need some help and at least need to have my music book in front of me "just in case". I'd say I can do about 15 cold, without the words in front of me. But, my nerves still get to me and that makes me forget - even songs I've played a hundred times before without help. My usual venue is a 15-20 minute open mic night, so I can get away with practicing five or six songs a few days before hand. Later this year I'm doing an hour long gig at the riverfront, so there's going to be some serious practice time going on.

[Gordo in OZ]

I have about 50 songs and 6 instrumentals in my head that I can do to a performance standard. I generally do not forget lyrics. What I do forget is - what songs I know, key, capo position, starting chord shape and sometimes tuning.  I keep a list of of songs with that info on my computer, phone, and kindle as well as hard copy in the guitar case printed in a large font. I still learn a new song every month or so but it takes a while (3 months?) before it gets added to the list of things I can actually do. I also regularly forget where I put my car keys, wallet etc.

[bbarkow]

I could probably do 30-40 right now. Back when I was playing a lot, I could do four hours from memory. I'm looking forward to starting playing out again more, so I'll have to dig out my lists. I'm one of those guys that hates music stands. I just work from a song list.

[John]

My wife and I started doing some gigging about two years ago and got performance ready about 30 songs. We 've added about 10 or so more. Some are duets and some I sing solo. So about 40-45 songs total.

[MrHarryReems]

I've probably got a little over an hour and a half of music that is performance ready from memory, two hours if I get to use my tablet with my lyric pad lead sheets.  I've been working on adding to my set, since my Celtic duo is starting to book shows.  I've been adding new music at a pretty good rate, 1-3 songs per week at present.

[lmacmil]

I think 15-20 from memory.  Give me my book of charts and I could do 100+.  I've done 125+ different songs at open mics in the last 6 years but some were "one and done." 

[doctorinthehouse]

probably 16 to 20 if i had to sing them many more if im just doing guitar

[DupleMeter]

probably about 200 - but I play all the time and if I sat to think I might even remember a few that I forgot I knew 

Sadly, I've probably forgotten an equal number of tunes over the years...but I've been playing live since I was 16. Plus I go through phases where whole chunks of my repertoire fall into the "I don't want to play that song anymore" bin for a while before I pull them out again and say "why haven't I done this recently...I forgot how much I liked it" 

[Trillian]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that can't remember which songs I know. Between band set lists, acoustic set lists, classical repertoire, it all gets confusing. Even the dulcimer, which I know only maybe 30 or 40 tunes on, I keep a piece of paper in the case just to remind me what songs I know. And then there's the mountains of stuff I haven't done in years.

[DupleMeter]

I recently attempted to compile as complete a song list as I could and then I saved it on Dropbox, so I can pull it up on my phone or tablet anytime...provided I remember it's there 

[MrHarryReems]

Update:  Since last post on June 17, I'm up to a three hour set and now have a residency at one of the local tourist spots.

[OzMaz]

Without my chord charts probably about twenty.
With my chord charts (and MIDI) over six hundred.