[dejv]

+1 for finding teacher.

I picked up piano when I was 25. After decade of playing other instruments being self taught I've decided to try to replicate formal education: basically I was taking classes intended for small kids (using private teacher), both theory, practice and study piece.

It was quite weird to play some weird kids melodies, but it was fun and being adult I was able to finish one year of child education withing one month. It was interesting experience and it really help me with understanding music.

btw I had to learn to play directly from sheet, which was something I had never done, so I've create small app to help me with that: http://notationtraining.com (you can even plug the midi keyboard for practice).