Hiya folks, I`m a total newbie (whatever one of those is) to guitar playing, bought my first guitar approx. 9 days ago, put in only 30 minutes of practise a day (married 3 kids = no time) bought a blinding chord book from Amazon...have now learnt all the "basic" chords and I`ve even found chord progression getting easier.......so in ending, my advice to all newbies....practise, practise and practise, be patient, don`t mock yourself if you stuff up a few times, and try recording your "lessons"...after a week or so play back the recording and you`ll see that you HAVE progressed. No one can be a Steve Vai or good ole boy Zakk overnight so KEEP PLAYING and ENJOY!!!