Episode Synopsis "Improve Coordination With Opposite-Side Practice"

Whether you’re a pianist, string player, or wind player, you know how it can be really difficult to get the two sides of your body to cooperate sometimes? For me, this often manifested as “smudging” or “blurring” of notes in fast passage with string crossings. Where because my left hand and right hand weren’t quite in sync, things didn’t sound as clean and crisp as they should. Source

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