My visiting niece thought we were awesome as a group. She couldn't believe that everyone "tried" to play... She was so impressed that she has picked up the guitar. My nephews who attended the previous week also got hooked...one with the guitar the other one with the banjo...so you see, we may sound awful to ourselves, but others appreciate that some kind of music is coming out. So keep plucking...or picking....every week, if we keep practicing we WILL get better. If only we didn't have so much self-doubt