It's a frustration of modern life.

Every time you try and call a major government agency or corporation, it can feel like hours before you finally get through to a human.

So when musician Alan Drever-Smith, 26, found himself on hold during a 40-minute call to HMRC, he decided to put his skills to good use and began to transcribe the service's entire hold jingle.

The classically-trained drummer from Hull received over 800 shares after posting the sheet music on Facebook - and admitted there was no love lost for the minute-long ditty once he finally finished the call.

"As a musician, I was giggling because it was such rubbish - the tune is jarring and it's just horrible to listen to, it's almost comical.

"Five minutes had passed, and I had my laptop in front of me, so I just had a spark of mischief after hearing that same tune repeated 20 times."