A musician wannabe with his Argos bought guitar...

After my dismal attempt at learning to play the piano, and with a lack of a piano to continue my dismal learning, I have decided to pick up a new and slightly more affordable musical instrument - the guitar.

The guitar looks easy enough - just hold down some strings, strum, and out comes music. Or at least that was what I thought before I picked up my brand new guitar and eagerly typed in the website to my free online guitar tuition!

As it turns out, the guitar is much harder than I thought! The dude on my monitor made it look so easy but when I tried, it was as though a screeching monster was trying to come out of the hole in my guitar! And I am now convinced that all good musicians need agile arms and hands - something that I guess I was born without. My big fat fingers can barely keep to a single string, making it almost impossible for me to play any chord without it sounding stiff and ugly.

Nevertheless, after exchanging my hard earned money for this lacquered wood with steel strings, I am determined to master it! As with any instrument, my ultimate goal is to be able to play a song that I can sing to; lets see how I go!

OK, time to go practice some D chord (or was it G?).