I just wanted to take music with me wherever I went. Perhaps the other girls did not want to go through six sets of blisters before getting good callouses,or maybe they did not want to cut their left fingernails flat?I was very lucky,as the first player I met was spectacular;I thought that was how to play guitar. Thanks for all the names;I will try to find videos on these to see how they actually play. I appreciate all the help.