Cheers Don. I agree that p/i/m/a is the best way of showing right hand. But as you say, the less things to learn at once, the better - I reckoned that counting strings assumes less knowledge than saying "with p on the D string". :-)

JHH, the quality of tone you get from fingerstyle is *absolutely* dependent on how your right-hand fingers hit the strings. Now you can try and work out yourself how to get this right, but the best way is to go and get a few lessons from someone who knows classical guitar. You don't need them to teach you anything else (scales, pieces or anything), just to look at what you're doing and correct your technique.

That's the best way to use a teacher, incidentally - work out what you need them for and get them to polish up your skills in that specific area. It's like getting a decorator in to do your house. You'll get much better results for less money if you know in advance what colours and wallpaper you want, instead of making the decorator do all the running. :-)

Graham.