I'm currently taking one-on-one lessons but am looking for another instructor...guess I'm in that frustrated state right now. As a music major in high school (many moons ago!), I remember some of the theory and more comes back as I learn, but my current instructor only knows how to read tabs (he never learned to read music), and I'm just the opposite...having all sorts of problems trying to read tabs. Maybe it's because of the extra line.
I know that there are 'easy' ways to do chords while you're learning, but my instructor absolutely doesn't want me to use them. At 55, I don't want to become a professional and play publicly on a stage, I just want to be able to play along with favorite songs and have fun.