Guitar lessons at last

Well, I finally bit the bullet and signed up to take guitar lessons at a local music store (My Music Store http://www.my-music-store.com/).

I was a little trepidatious about doing it, worrying about how well I played and trying to learn to play at 36. But I decided that no one gets better without practice and learning.

So I went in and signed up and finally had my first lesson. I tried not to tell my instructor (John) too much about what I knew already. I really wanted to pretend that I knew nothing and start from scratch.

That was harder to do then I thought. I know most of my open chords and I know (by rote) a lot of scales. What I found out I didn't know was that I wasn't a familiar with the notes on the fretboard than I thought I did. So this could be a real education.