My “New Years Resolution” or more accurately a personal goal for the New Year was to learn to play the guitar, I had started watching a couple YouTube videos but I was embarrassed to pick up Lincoln’s guitar because I literally did not know how to hold it how to strum it or what to do with my left hand especially how hard I needed to press on the strings, so when Lincoln got home from school this afternoon I asked him to show me how to play the guitar.

He was really good because he was able to show me what he had been taught, how to hold the guitar and exactly what he had been shown to do with both hands, and it felt exciting to be sat next to him being shown this and about to play the guitar for the first time. I have never really played any instrument seriously and this is my time and opportunity to change that at aged 51

Lincoln showed me how he could play Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes on string 5 “Seven – Seven – Ten – Seven – Five – Three – (Three) – Two” and he handed the guitar to me and I tried copying him and although it was difficult Lincoln had given me the basic tools and confidence I needed to begin playing, and I would have played those 8 notes all night but the fingers on my left hand were screaming at me to stop.

I am going to try practicing for at least 15 minutes per day and get used to where everything is on the guitar and expand my knowledge now I can at least create a recognisable set of notes on a single string that actually sound like the song I am copying. I would like to get a full size guitar of my own so that I get started on the right road from the beginning and might go at the weekend to get one?