Lesson Nineteen Tuesday 14th May 2013

For my nineteenth lesson I had been practicing mostly “Half The World Away” by Oasis. I had sort of got through the song but the chorus is proving very difficult moving from some chords to another.

So for the first part of the lesson we went through this song. I am not sure if its stage fright or what but my first go through was a nightmare. As well as the usual duff cords I missed out complete parts of the song and mixed up other parts. I did manage to get myself together and struggle through to the chorus. The chorus has proved to be very difficult with particular trouble coming from when changing to cords that move all my fingers not just a few. When the difficult changes come there is a massive pause between each cord as I rush to get my fingers into the (sort of) correct position. But probably the worst part is that I am going too fast, which even as I practiced at home my wife had commented on. I rush in then try to slow down but am always just ahead of the correct rhythm. As I am speeding through I am making mistakes that if I slowed it down I may not make. This is not guaranteed as I do have a knack of getting my fingers caught in the strings or losing the plectrum from my fingers as I am strumming away.

We practiced getting the rhythm correct and with some success though I am not sure I will have a guy with a drum kit beating out the correct speed for me every time I play the song. We then looked at the difficulties I am having in the chorus going from the cords C to E  and then E to Am and the really hard D7 to G and then to G7. All of these changes have me moving all of my fingers around at the same time and it just seems to overwhelm me. My teacher explained that this was normal and to just practice over and over again changing from one cord to the next. He recommended that I start with D7 to G and G to G7 which frankly are the worse examples. I can see it is just a case of repetition and the body will remember. We did also have a look at the Fm bar cord which I have improved on but string 3 is the problem with nothing ringing out.

We next had a look at my progress on the Green Day song “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”. 

For me the big problem with this song is the chorus which changes the rhythm. As I have said many times in these blogs, my rhythm is something I need to work hard on. 

My rhythm can go off so quick for example if I am thinking too hard about what is coming next on the song. I have also tried to sing on some of the songs to help maybe with when changes on cords are but this really does kill off my control of the rhythm. I know I need to put some more time in on this song to get it correct or at least bearable to hear.

Next was a look on how I was progressing with the REM song “Everybody Hurts”. 

To be honest there has not been much progress as I have not been playing this much. I can get through the first part until the last G before the chorus which has a change I always struggle on. 

We went through this part a few times but I still have trouble with it.

The last part of my lesson we discussed about adding a couple of songs to practice some different techniques that I have not looked at yet. The teacher wants me to have more practice on lead and most of the songs we have been doing are more rhythm.

I was asked if I had any ideas or preferences. I could not think of any at that time so I was given some choices of songs to look at.

The first two choices where between Mcfly “All about you”

Or Pink Floyds “Wish You Where Here”.

I went for “Wish You Where Here” as I know the song so I am more likely to know when I am going wrong. I later found out that my wife would have liked the Mcfly song as she knows it. Maybe I will try that one later on.

My second two choices where for The Animals “House of the Rising Sun”

Or Radiohead “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”. 


For me this had to be Radiohead as I do like Radiohead and again I would know when (which will be most of the time) I was going wrong.

I will practice away on what I have so far and look forward to murdering the two new songs next week.

Lesson Eighteen Tuesday 7th May 2013

It was a nice warm sunny evening which put me in an uplifted mood for my lesson which I was hoping would keep me feeling relaxed and not make the playing at times feel like I am fighting through it.

We started off hearing how I was getting on with the Oasis song “Half the World Away”.

It took me a few minutes to get started with lots of nervous false starts and I getting my fingers entwined with the strings. I did manage to eventually start the song and get pass the intro and into the first verse of the song. Again as seems to be my problem I was rushing it too much and again it’s a case of keeping the rhythm constant. I get the rhythm correct at the start and then I concentrate far too much on what cords I am playing and getting ready for the change that I forget the rhythm and it speeds up and up.

We tried some techniques to combat this. The teacher would play the song to give me an idea of the (much slower) rhythm and I would play along to this. This at first did not go too well as I think I was listening to the song too much and would lose what I was doing. He then would clap out the beat I needed to be in rhythm with to help. Once I eventually started in time and not rush or come in far too late, this did have some success. The main thing I had to do is trying playing the song slower than what it would be and then by some crazy reason I would have the correct rhythm.

I now had a go at tackling the chorus which I have sort of dabbled with but to no great success. The cord changes on this part are for me far more complex with Am to C to E then to Am which has all the fingers moving everywhere. I had a few very slow start stop goes of this with the rhythm going straight out of the window. The worse part of the chorus is the Fm Bar cord. Stretching my fingers in this way is proving a challenge and after a few minutes of getting nothing but a dull thud I had to stop as my hand was aching. I will now look to practice this chorus part a lot.

We than decided to go through the other two bar cords I have to practice. These do not sound any better at the moment but I know it is practicing them every day that will get them sounding better eventually.

The teacher also thought it was time that on some of the cords that I now start to muffle out the last E string. Of all the cords that I have so far if they are not an E type or being used in the cord like G the top E string should not be heard. This can be done by either muffling with the thumb or if you like the finger holding down the rttt string touching this as well. I had a go at using the thumb as this seemed better as I could get into bad habits moving fingers over on other strings that need to be ringed out clean. The A was the most difficult to do with the bottom of my hand touching the first E string.

We finished off the lesson looking at my old favourite the Green Day song “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”.

Again the keeping rhythm was my problem with me going far too fast. As I go so fast I make many mistakes and do not give myself time to change from one cord to another. Once I slowed down the mistakes (still there) where fewer.

Again on this song I had to tackle the chorus as I had only really been doing the first verse. Because the rhythm changes here and the cords move all over the place it took me a few moments to get my head around them. The worst part was the B7 cord at the end of the chorus which would prove difficult.

Some progress has been made and I am now added the choruses to these songs which even though sound bad and progressing. Plenty to practice and just maybe my kids will listen to my playing and be impressed instead of saying “What’s that noise daddy”. Kids are such hard critics.

Lesson 17 Tuesday 30th April 2013

I had been practicing a bit this week and going with all the good advice I have been getting I had taken great care to practice the rhythm.

The first song we practiced was “Songbird” by Oasis. 

I have noticed that my finger tips are now hardening up with all the playing and I suppose my hand has got to condition it’s self for these bar cords now.

The problem I have had with is song has been the change from G to G/F# to Em and Em to G/F# to G. I would get so anxious about this change that I would be too late or too early. Sometimes I would seem to get my fingers all caught in the strings.

The first few attempt of this song did not go well I think it’s a case of trying to warm up and relax. My teacher started to help by at first singing the words so I could hear the words I would need to hear for the change. Even though I was trying to keep my strumming at a constant it was apparent that when the change happens I was speeding up so after the song I would be strumming too fast. My teacher decided to try and combat this by playing the base guitar with the rhythm that I would need to follow. This seemed to work for me. I was able to keep time better and the changes where happening at the correct time too to my surprise. I managed to get through the whole song a few times at sort of the correct rhythm. However the cords are not all correct and some sounded really bad. My teacher was happy with the progress through and informed me that we will not practice this one at lessons any more as I have the basis of it now and I can practice this on my own. My teacher assured me that the song would get better as the cords I am playing I will be playing in other songs so this one in time will get naturally better. It is hard myself to tell if I have improved on this song but my Mrs thinks that it has improved a lot which is encouraging to hear and I certainly will be using this song in my practicing.

We then went onto have a look on my progress on the Green Day song “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”. 

This song again I have been playing a bit and was hoping for some progress on too. At first things were going well, but then I would almost mentally full asleep or something as I would lose my way and forget that I have to change to G. Once that mishap would happen I would go to pot with all sorts of funny cords appearing and I am sure none are real. Again once relaxing a bit the rhythm flowed a lot better and the song sounded nearer where it should be.

As things where not going too bad it was time to play the Oasis song “Half the World Away”.

 It took me a very long time to get the correct rhythm as I kept on reverting to the Songbird rhythm. I struggled through this at first feeling a bit disappointed with myself. I suppose this is going to happen as you cannot always get it right and once (again) I relaxed a bit I gained some respect on my playing.

The last thing we did was to practice some bar cords. 

We first started with Bm which after a bit of moving of fingers I did to my surprise nearly get the cord. 

I then had a go at the other bar cord of F. This one proved to be very difficult and a dull thud was all I got for my efforts. After a few minutes I had to stop this part as my hand was hurting.

Lesson Sixteen Tuesday 23rd April 2013

I had not had much chance to practise this week so I did not think I would have much progress this week.

The first song we started to practise was Songbird by Oasis.

I have been having problems with this song and the change over from G to E. I would either be too early too late or miss it completely.
The teacher explains that if I listen for the words that will give my the signal when I need to change. Unfortunately I have been concentrating so much on my rhythm I never hear the words.

We did loads of practise of the song with me playing along to a recording of the song and trying to get the changes correct. There was some success but it seems in my apprehension to get it correct I start off at the correct rhythm then I will speed up. The teacher tried to get me on track by clapping  the correct rhythm out and when that did not work playing his drums that are just behind me. These tactics did have some success with me getting the change over on time a few times.

We worked on this song for a vast majority of the time and I still need to get used to the changes and not feel so nervous doing them.



For the last part of the lesson we went through the Green Day song Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

Again this song seems to be a problem with a change from G to another cord, this time being D. The problem I have on this one is the fingers three and four need to be able to move easier and when holding down the notes they need to be straighter so I can get a clearer note.
The rhythm on this song sounded about right even with the record playing but sometimes the cord changes are very heavy and don't flow and I am guessing that's because I need to relax a bit.

I am hoping this week I can get much more practise and iron out some of these problems ready for lesson seventeen.

Lesson Fifteen Tuesday 16th April 2013

My lesson started off looking at the Oasis song "Songbird" that I am learning.

I had been practising this song but the changes in cords are proving very difficult and I would keep missing when I needed to change.
I would either be too quick to change or too late. I suppose it's because I get so zoned into doing the rhythm of the cord the change seems to be a bit of an unwelcome event. As well as changing not on time I could get my fingers caught in the strings which was a bit embarrassing.
Again it was a case of relaxing and the teacher would play the song many times and clap out the rhythm to help me with a louder clap to signal the change. This I did for a long while with some success. The Changing cord also needed to be slicker and the change of rhythm for the change is proving a big challenge.








The next song I practised was the Green Day song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" I seem to be getting a bit better on this one but the change from G to D is my real problem.

I also need to slow the rhythm down a bit and stop trying to chase through the song.

The last song was the other Oasis song "Half The World Away". I have been practising this one for a while so I was hoping to show great improvement. Unfortunately it took me a bit of time to get the rhythm correct as I had the rhythm of Songbird still on my finger tips. I managed to get some respect back on the song but rhythm is the main thing I need to practise.

Lesson Thirteen Tuesday 2nd April 2013

It may have been my thirteenth lesson but it was not an unlucky one. I also have a feeling that the sounds that I create from my guitar are not now sounding like curses.

I started off with showing how I have got on with the three songs that I am learning at the moment.

REM Everybody Hurts

I always get very nervous at the start of the lesson having to show what I have been practicing so the first tune or song always goes horribly wrong at first. So after the fifth attempt to pluck the correct string I managed to get the D sounding sort of correct and the G was not as bad as it could be.

I need to make the change flow better though as there is always a very long pause between cord changes. I have also got to add in the Em and A cords with the change notes.

Oasis Half the World Away

The intro I had to start several times but once I warmed up (relaxed) I got near the right sound that I wanted. 

The next part which has had me completely confused for a while we went through.

This part is C then F major 7 then C then F major 7 again which comes before a sort of change part (my wording for it not the official one I bet). These are done in the rhythm that I had already been given but (obviously) did not understand its meaning. Each cord goes for one bar. 

The teacher had previously added these numbers above the notes as they appear on the song to help me. I had been wondering what they were there for and now this makes sense. The part of the tune I call the change bit (where the asterics is) is half a bar which I now can understand where that part is in the song.

I know that the teacher has already explained this bar and half bar thing before but being dyslexic my learning curve can be very different. It probably is much more frustrating for me than to the teacher on the way I learn and I know I should ask more questions or voice that I don’t understand but thirty five years of struggling through is hard to turn off.

With this knowledge now understood I could link the song a bit more and a sort of tune is happening. I am not ready yet to sing the song at the same time though as just getting my fingers in the right place is proving very taxing.

Green Day Boulevard of Broken Dreams

The next song to try was the Green Day tune. This has been a big torn in my side for a while now. Changing from E to G has been a nightmare and G to D also proves hard too and once I have gone wrong a bit the whole thing goes to pot.

Trying to relax I played through the tune. My change from G to D has got better I think and the G to D also. However as I carry on with the song I do go wrong a fair bit and there are more bad notes than correct. The teacher seemed pleased though explaining he would like me to get the rhythm right and the cords will come with time. I know he is right and I have only been doing this for a short while. I also need to get my fingers in the correct shape (more fingers three and four) so I only touch the one string.

New Tune Oasis Songbird

The teacher decided to add another tune for me to learn this was Songbird by Oasis. I have always liked this song so was keen to try this one.

I was given the rhythm and the cords that I would need for this song. It has a lot of cords in it I have been learning so I am hoping I can make a good go of it.

 Learning a new rhythm after doing Half the World Away proved to be a bit of a challenge as I kept falling into the rhythm of the other song. I was also playing too fast which again is a sort of nervous habit of trying to get through it quick without cocking up. I will listen to this song on my iPod a bit and get the right rhythm.

I think I am improving but as some friends at the weekend can confirm I have got a long way to go. Hopefully soon my friends will not take the guitar away from me because of the noises I am making on it. I made the excuse for the bad playing that it was the plectrum but they always say a bad craftsman always blames his tools.

Lesson Eleven Tuesday 19th March

In the day before my lesson lucky for me my new guitar had arrived. This time it was a blue one. 

New Guitar

The Old Classical Guitar

Not really my favoured colour but it was the only one they had in at such a short time scale. Regardless of the colour I was relieved that I would not have to take the classical version that I had. 

I did not have a chance to have a strum of it but I could tell even to my much untrained ear that it would need tuning, which I was very reluctant to do.

I went to my lesson and before revealing my new guitar explained to him all about what had happened. He had a look at the instrument and to start tuning it. This took a fair while as apparently the fret board was too straight and this was making some strings stick to the frets themselves and make a buzzing sound when you play them.

He explained to me that the board sort of needs to curve slightly away from the strings so that when they are tuned and are tight the tension will always make sure that the strings are still away from the frets. 

Allen Key Slot for adjusting Fret Board

There is an Allen key slot to adjust this curve just inside the sound box of the guitar. The teacher started to adjust and tune as best as he could to this (let’s be honest) cheap musical instrument. While he struggled with my new guitar he gave me his one to practise on.

The teachers guitar as you could imagine is very good but sadly as I went through my exercise it was not my old cheap guitar that was making it sound bad just my poor ability.

I played “Half the World Away” which I do think may be improving. I went through the R.E.M song “Everybody Hurts” which was slow and needs a lot of improving on when it comes to playing in G.

After tormenting the teacher’s guitar he announces that he had done his best. He showed me that it was in tune but there may well be a buzzing sound on some strings but they would still ring true (just sound a bit crap that’s all) he thought as the guitar settles down it would be fine.

It did not matter really as once I had a go of it none of the strings rang true and that was nothing to do with the instrument. My next exercise was going through the Green Day song. 

This one still eludes me I had to go through practising changing from G to D and back. The teacher added another part to this song.

Cord B7 x = don't use this string

This is at a very different tempo and since trying to practise it I cannot get right and with yet another cord to learn which is B7.

Another lesson finished and I am sure there was some improvement but I will wait for trying to tune a guitar for a while though. It’s just proving to be too much hassle for me and my poor teacher.

Recording my Progress

I thought it was about time that I recorded my progress to get an idea if I have progressed. The great thing about recording is it will show to me exactly what is happening rather than my feelings of how the practice is going.

So I decided to use my iPhone to record my progress and then record each week at the same time to see if there has been any improvement. Being a poor PC owner I need to use some software to edit the MOV file that the iPhone would record in. I used “Wondershare Video Editor” to do this job. The software works very well and enabled me to upload this to You Tube.

For my first recording I tried to keep it to some sort of structure, so I started off with the cord of E minor. I then try to do the cord of A. This then goes into the first exercise I was set of going from E minor to A and I think you will agree I don’t do it very well at all. I then go onto the cord of G with varied degrees of success. This is followed by the cord of D with I do have trouble with. I then put this all together going from E to G to D to A in the exercise that’s suppose to sound like the Green Day song. I then attempt a C cord followed by the near on impossible F major 7. I then attempt what I have been shown of “Half the World Away” which needs loads of practice still. I finally finish with two riffs that I have been shown which are Creams “Sunshine of your love” and “The Simpsons” tune.

I am hoping that with more practice these videos will get much better and maybe then I will show my face. At the moment it would just be me grimacing with the pain I am putting my poor guitar through.

Lesson Ten 12th March

Having practiced a lot on the two tunes that I had been given I was hoping that somehow I would do better in my lesson tonight. I started off going through the song by Oasis “Half the World Away” to the part I am up to. 

The C and F major seven sounded so flat and Picking out the strings on their own I could tell that the fourth string was the one I was having trouble with. It looked like it was my finger three resting on it making the dull thud sound.

The second part of the tune it took me a while to get the first half's tempo correct and the change from D seven to F major seven was proving to take far too long. After several (sometimes frustrating goes) the teacher thought it better for me to slow the tempo down so I could get used to the rhythm of the tune and get the changes in the correct sequence. 

By slowing it down it did sound better.

I then went through the Green Day Tune which again I had problems with changing from G to D. We went through just changing from G to D and D to G several times. I do think that the practice did help but the cords where not very nice to hear.

The only way to get the cords to sound right is practice the cords and keep in that position for a while. So to help this I have another tune which is “Everybody Hurts” by REM. 

I am only doing the intro but basically it is a cord which you then pick out the strings which will show where you are going wrong. This was good to learn, even though I had more thuds than nice ringing notes. With this exercise it will give me more time to keep my fingers in the right place and get some muscle memory on how the cord feels. Once I can do this part I can then add in the cords of E and A.

I have a bit to practice now and I do feel that the tunes are sounding better.

Lesson Nine Tuesday 5th March

I started off my ninth lesson by practicing the Green Day song I have been trying to play.

 I used my capo and tried to get the right rhythm as was discussed last week. I am still having trouble changing from E minor to G and then to D. I was getting the rhythm right but the cords where nowhere near what they are suppose to be. I was told to try and slow it down to get the right notes. It sort of worked but I kept on speeding up. I need to keep my tempo. I then had a practice of just going from G to D. This was to get used to changing to these cords so it will feel more comfortable. I did this many times and did improve in some areas with the fingers three and four being straighter so not touching another string and making that horrible thud noise. But I need to make finger four hover above the strings when not in use on a D as I have a habit of moving it away too far.

The next part of my lesson was going through the song Half the World Away by Oasis.

So far I had been practicing the start which I am having difficulties on the F Major Seven. This is just the intro and it would be nice to get that right first. 

I then do the start of the song till I get to leave this island which is not very far into the song. I am nowhere near getting this bit right in my mind but the teacher seemed pleased and after several tortured tries he thought it was time to show me how another part of the song would go. I watched and I still feel that I may have to practice a year to get this. This does not dishearten me I have always thought that good things come with a bit of hard work and practice.

I was shown a preview of what is to come in the song and it involves something called a bar cord. 

Now I am sure I did not get it right in this picture but it sure was hard to do. You have to sort of stretch all your fingers and wrist and arm in a strange way. It felt like torture and I am sure the thud sound is not what it is suppose to sound like. Something else to treat the poor dogs with around my street. I bet they are hoping that I can get it right quickly for the sake of their ears.

Lesson Eight

I went to my eighth lesson tonight after practicing the exercises that I had been given. I started off doing the Simpsons tune. I know where I have to go but I still seem to be struggling getting my fourth finger down and the tempo is still very slow.

We then went through the chord rhythm exercise to the Green Day tune of “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”. I had told my tutor that I had been practicing but to hear my first attempt it would be hard to believe me. I then had a go by trying to do it at the slower tempo of the tutor’s software. This did not sound any better and sometimes I got all the wrong strings I was feeling a bit frustrated with it. The tutor informed me that it was normal to not hit the cords right every time and you will have some totally off, but to try and stay in the tempo of the song and you will get back some of the chords. My problem seemed to be that I would mess up then almost start again but on the chord I was doing so as well as being wrong on the chord I could never catch up with the song and start to try and chase it. I had another go and even though this time the chords where on the whole real bad I at least kept the rhythm.

I then had to do the same song but with a new item which I purchase from my tutor called a capo. 

This is used to raise the pitch on tunes and is attached to the neck of the guitar to shorten the length of string played. On this song it need to be on the first fret.

 I had another go at the tune and it was funny hearing me strike the chords badly in a higher pitch.

We then went over my song I am trying to learn which is “Half the world away” by Oasis. I had been practicing what I had been given so far which was just the intro.  I am finding the F major seven chord very difficult to do and plucking out the individual strings while holding this cord down just gets thuds instead of the nice note I aspire for.

Just to add to the song that I am murdering we now have the main part of the start.

 I also had to learn a new chord called G/B which I am told is like a bridge chord which helps the tune cross over from one sound to another. I had a go at the rhythm which I was told I had already done before. I sort of got the right rhythm so some of the practice must be working. I also learnt tonight that I have been spelling chord as cord which is a bit embarrassing. 

Lesson Seven 20th February 2013

I started off my lesson with the Theme of The Simpsons that I had been practising. It did not sound too bad, it was slow at times and I kept on hitting the wrong string sometimes but on the whole it was not too bad. The teacher thought it was OK and gave me some tips on moving my fingers and assured me that as time goes by I will know where the strings are. I think there has been improvement as at times I can sort of hear the tune coming out. The teacher seamed please so far with the progress and talked about maybe in a few weeks looking at another song to practise with lead sections. I was given two options.
House of the Rising sun by the Animals

Or
Radiohead Street Spirit (Fade Out)


Being a big Radiohead fan I picked Street Spirit though at this stage it seams incredible to be able to play this.

I then went through how bad I am at practising my cord changes for the Green Day song. I was all fingers and thumbs and there was massive pauses between each cord change and the up and down strokes where in not particular timing at all.

The teacher decided that I need to slow the tempo down. He had a computer software which he could take the song I was to learn and slow or speed it up and take out instruments so that I could hear the part I need to learn. This did help a bit but I still had big trouble trying to find the strings for A from D mostly. I was thinking that I may see if I could find some sort of metronome app for my phone to help practise with.

We then talked about songs to practise. He asked me if there was any I would like to learn as if there is a song you like it would make it more fun to learn. I thought about it and said I would like to learn an Oasis song like Wonderwall or Half a world away. It was decided that Half a world Away would be the better one as there are cord changes that I have already been given and some that I have not yet which would be good for learning.


I just started off this one with the first two cords and changes. This would be the cord of C followed by playing just strings 1, 2, 3 and 2 then cord F major 7 and the same single strings to play. This is just the intro part. I had a go and the teacher said it sounded all right but I need to get the cords sounding far more crisp.

A good lesson with plenty to work on.

Lesson Six 12th February 2013

I went to this lesson not having practiced as much as I would have liked as I had been ill most of the week with some sort of virus. So that’s the excuse I am using this week for how bad my cords are. To be fair I think they are getting slowly better but it just seems that when I think I have cracked a cord all of a sudden I can’t play it at all. I need more practice to get my fingers in the correct shape.

We went through the changing cord rhythm exercise again and I feel so slow and clumsy at this. I then got another exercise to practice, this one again would involve changing from one cord to the next. I would start in D with two downward strokes, then finger three on the second string (second from the bottom string) and finger four (little finger) on the first string and one up stroke, G with two down strokes and repeat. This did not sound good.

My teacher then talked about what song I would like to learn. I must admit I had not thought of a song to learn at the moment I could not even get a cord to play right first time. He explained to me that it would be a simple one that would help me practice the changing of cords and rhythm.  To get an idea he asked what sort of music I liked. I like many different types of music but sort of guitar based could be anything from Oasis and Radiohead to Pink Floyd and the Beatles.

Thankfully he made the decision for me which is great as I don’t think I am ready to play “Wish you were here” at the moment. The song was going to be “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” from Green Day.



This would have four Cord Changes that I had done so far. It would go like this, E minor with two down strokes, finger 3 three on the second string (second from the bottom string) and finger four (little finger) on the first string and one up stroke, the cord G with two down ward strokes, again one upward stroke with fingers three and four down on strings one and two, D with two down strokes, one up stroke with no fingers down and then A with two down strokes.

The teacher showed me how it would work while playing the song. When my turn came it sounded nothing like the easy rhythm song that he had played. It sounded more like someone having a nervous breakdown on a guitar. Clearly it is going to take a while to get this right.

The last part of the lesson I was given another TAB tune to learn. I had a choice of two, both where designed to use all my fingers. The choices were a song by Bruno Marrs or the Simpsons theme. The choice was simple it was going to be The Simpsons. My kids like that program and I am sure they would love to hear me play the theme tune.