Many people try to get through their test quickly by taking a driving crash test. Beware though – it seems to me that a crash course is not an easy way to pass your test. The standard of driving required is just the same as for people taking traditional “one a week” driving lessons.

I guess that a crash course would be good for someone who needs to pass their test quickly, for instance for their job, or in the summer holidays before going off to uni. However, i imagine that there would be a fair bit of pressure, if you start the course on a moinday knowing that you’ve got the driving test at the end of the week.

Of course you will also need to do your driving theory test, so it might be best to get that out of the way before applying for an intensive course.

Once upon a time almost every pub had its piano in the corner and someone who could belt out a few tunes for a good old sing song. Nowdays, the piano has made way for the jukebox or karaoke machine. However there are still plenty of pubs that make room for the locals to perform.

Whatever kind of instrument you want to learn to play, you will find it beneficial to have access to sheet music of some kind. In classical music, this will often take the form of the full score written down for the particular instrument and annotated on a stave, showing the timing of the piece, the key it’s in as well as the notes to be played and the length that each note should last. Folk music, traditionally has been passed on in aural form, but many songs have been put into written form and thus been transmitted to a wider audience.

Popular music, be it rock, pop or other sub-genres is often annotated using guitar tabs. This avoids the need for the musician to be able to “read music”, rather he just has to follow the tablature. Such tabs can however be fairly inaccurate and are usually used to supplement the guitarist listening to the piece of music and then playing back what he has just heard.

Sheet music can prove fairly expensive, although when bought in a book with other songs, this can keep the price down. With the advent of the internet, sheet music has become more widely available and there are reputable sources of Free Sheet Music online.