the thing about Andy , Jules and John is - they were and are, very good. of course I'm familiar with them.

Perhaps your frustrations lie more in the tuition method you have pursued than the actual guitar.

take for example the famous tremolo study by Tarrega.   Whe you hear John Williams play it, it is something special. Its like each note is a jewel set in its place.

And yet (forgive if I'm wrong in this - I have never played classical guitar) Tarrega , when he wrote it must have been surrounded by Spanish folk tunes, and it seems to hang together like a folk piece to me. You understand what I'm saying - those pieces like the Manuel Ponce piece that Williams made very popular, and the Tarrega - you could probably hum the actual melody to a few chords.

When I was a guitar teacher several years ago - every so often, I used to get a classical players through the door and they had got to Grade Three or whatever - and often as not they could stumble through some piece or other - but they all said the same. I want to play something that sounds like SOMETHING.

I think, for most people, its a good idea to have the integrity and structure of the tune in your mind, before you mess about with notation - whether you eventually use those chords or not. Know where you are supposed to heading for!

Also make sure (if you are really struggling) you have the precise fingering - double check your notation with a tablature version. preferably with dvd version for back up.

Sorry if I'm teaching my Grandma to suck eggs. Doubtless there will be classical teachers out there foaming at the mouth - at me having the temerity to suggest an incorrect way to proceed, but the thing about the guitar is that its not a six out of ten instrument. You get piano players who come out of the woodwork and say - I'm at grade six - and people say very nice, even if it sounds like shit.

When you sound like shit on the guitar - people tell you. the world is full of experts. I have found.