Thanks for the messages Richard - much appreciated knowing the qualifications you have in regard to my approach to the music.

I'm not sure how this thing works Richard. Sometimes the vids play -sometimes they really you have to let it play through once , stopping every four seconds or so, to play it through a second time properly - I really need to find out about it. I don't know anybody who knows. Those who DO know can be a little confusing to a dim bugger like me.

the thing about the guitar playing is that I'm no Eddie Van Halen - proper guitarists invariably point out that I do sod all with my left hand.

Trish has two chords - Aminor and E. (I always thought that was really cool - two chord songs like Manchester Rambler, Step It Out Mary, Singing in the Rain, Jambalaya). The other songs are three chord tricks C, F and G7. or whatever. Aunty Nelly is in Open G. I can't do long stretches cos I have short fat fingers.

One of the great moments of revelation was when Stefan Grossman published a book with photographs of all his fancy fingering. I looked at the pictures, and the clouds parted and a voice from the heavens intoned, 'Sod that for a game of soldiers, my short fat fingered friend........'