Oh, pompa and others, you make learning an instrument sound so easy. A couple of years ago I joined a uke (sorry, ook) group, bought the instrument and the music stand and everything, and joined a local group. As I think I mentioned upthread,, I didn't realise you only learned chords and the tune was produced by singing. I can't sing, never have been able to, so I found it all quite embarrassing. I can read music as I learned the violin when I was at school (that didn't go well, either) so now I'm wondering about teaching myself the descant recorder, as Luckygirl suggests, although it could end in divorce!