Piano lessons!

I had my first (since I was a kid anyway) piano lesson today! The teacher is Craig Allen at Encore Music Studios. He was recommended by a friend, and he seems to be a really great guy (and teacher from what I hear). We discussed what I want to get out of lessons, what styles I'm interested in, etc., and also what sort of experience and knowledge I already have. And he had me play the one song I know, Fur Elise, for him so he could see where I am in my technical ability. He was really encouraging, and pointed out that my finger dexterity and technique is pretty good, so we basically just need to start out by getting my intellectual knowledge (reading music and such) up to match what my hands are able to do. So my homework for this week is to practice scales (C, G, and D) and to bring in whatever music I've been using or playing around with next week so that he can try to better understand what I know and where I need help. I'm pretty excited, and I'll keep you posted about how they're going.