I appreciate you spending the time to instruct me on what I am sure are very basic guitar techniques. I know that there is never one "right" way to do things, and this certainly applies to guitar. I have a couple of years of classical music theory underneath my belt, and although it has been years since I have analyzed a piece of music, I am pretty excited to have a chance to realize my full potential as a musician under a different medium (guitar). I played bassoon for years, and could have made a career out of it, if not for the fact that I found it exceptionally boring playing strictly classical pieces. What is funny is that everyone I have known that has tried to play the bassoon has said that it is extremely hard to play well; I feel the same way about guitar. It is easy to play, but not easy to play well. I just hope that my neophyte nature of the guitar will not dissuade anyone from answering the many questions I have. Just to throw it out there... I am self taught, but are there any particular training materials that would be suggested as far as technique building (I still have alot of theory books, I am squared away on that front).