The ball is rolling...

Alrighty, the ball is well and truely rolling at this point.

My beautiful fiance said I can order the guitar now and I won't have to wait till XMAS before I can start playing with it! Sweeeeeeet!

The one I'm getting is called a Nature by jixing... Yeah, it's chinese without too much literature about it. From what I have ready they are 'OK' quality and acceptable for a beginner (that's me).

It coming with a electric tune with a thing that clips onto the guitar for "easy tuning"... ok.. that's a good thing in my case.

I've also been reading up on barre chords, I've seen pictures like this:

I had no idea what the chop the line meant, but ends up that I just need to have my finger across all the strings. Now I just need to work out what the "R" on the E string means. :)

Also, I've been searching for a good way for remembering string names.

One suggested phrase is:  "Every Adult Dog Growls, Barks, Eats"

Errr... ok, yes... I suppose the do... but puppies also do those things... hmmm...

Another phrase is: "Eat A Dog, Get Big Ears."

I don't think there is any scientific evidence of this, but I think this phrase is more memorable.

So from here, I think I really need to wait until the guitar arrives before anything more progress can be made other than finding more sites with free tutorials and videos.

Feel free to share any tips or sites you guys know of.

Cheers!