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Just stick with it, follow your tutor and keep at it. I don't think many of us on here can claim to have 'done it all' on guitar, we all need help and we all have stuff we can't play. You generally only hear other people playing stuff they can actually play rather than the stuff they can't. You can already play a huge amount better than someone else just starting their journey and probably a huge amount better than some that have been playing for years. I had a massive issue with Mr Brightside by the Killers. The band wanted to play it, but I just can't get it. I have tried. The melodic intro section that repeats through the song is just beyond me and my fingers. So I got them to slow it down and change the key by a semitone and we did it acoustically like a country song with open chords. They got to play it and I managed to change it sufficiently enough for me to play it. Crowd still liked it and sang along so everyone was happy.

It sounds to me that you're in Good Hands with a suitable tutor, and that your own, personal, needs are being catered for. It's not a race, so 'softly, softly catchee monkey' applies here, as in other endeavours. Follow what he says, diligently, and you'll be as best as you can be, at every stage of your journey. Regular little and often practice of whatever he gives you will see you through. Keep us posted as to progress from time to time, please..?

I'd have to have friends and the ability to socialise to do that also frustratingly I can't drive which limits my location options a bit. This is something that makes me want to find people I can play with, support, encouragement, and some accountability to keep practising when I want to give up. I think that is something that would really help me. This gives me pause for thought. I do have a few physical restrictions that I've taken into account, but keep thinking I might be able to overcome to a degree. I've never really thought about not trying to play in every style. I kinda felt that in order to be good and happy with what I can do, I'd have to be good at every style and know all techniques, etc and not just a few. @Dad3353 I'm having weekly lessons and he is a good tutor, teaches in schools, which probably helps him deal with me as I have the intelligence of a small child. He has played professionally in the past. The last two lessons I've bought up that I'm getting worse and struggling more and he had noticed so we went through some different bands that I like to find songs that I may enjoy learning and I was given the tab for them to practice. I've also download yousician in the hope it will give me a bit more structure to my practice. Thank you for the help and for taking the time to read through my post. I really do appreciate it.