Three Exercises to Break Your Brain

A very common and understandable issue is 'doing that' with that hand and 'doing this' with this hand. The problem is not as difficult to overcome as you may initially believe. These exercises will help you with that. Online Store: https://gumroad.com/danthecomposer By removing the conscious desire to look at and control each movement, the fingers will be more at liberty to do what the mind and they already know how to do. It may take a little dissection and effort to master each part independently but once that is achieved, playing them together is no longer difficult. 1. Each hand playing a different major scale 2. X notes in the RH for every 1 in the LH (same/different major scale) 3. Chords but with ideas from 1 and 2 above. Do all exercises with closed eyes. These ideas are not for speed or dexterity but to introduce you to the experience of 'becoming a spectator to your hands'; the skills acquired from doing these exercises can then be applied, not the mention the subconscious learning from repetition, to whatever you may be working on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Centipede%27s_Dilemma Useful videos: Essentials Mastery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCSpfoeY034 Removing Conscious Interference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2TBasob_84 Illusion of Hand Independence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4qPv7wWoQ8 Finding Your Natural Limit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1CcM6eLuvg My Natural Fingering for Major Scales and Chords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5egu0_tsY Useful articles: Using Major Scales: http://piano-jazz.blogspot.com/2015/03/seeing-major-scales-differently.html Fingering Philosophy: http://piano-jazz.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-closer-look-at-fingering.html (Strangely, YouTube has done something with subscriber notifications. You would do well to press the bell next to my Subscribe button and choose to be notified for all new uploads). Likes, comments and subscriptions always welcome! All eBooks: http://piano-jazz.blogspot.com/p/ebooks.html Playlist for beginners - newer videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cPpP-Ua6NWl43cy2XiArwodqSmWBOzC (You would do well to press the bell next to my Subscribe button and choose to be notified for all new uploads). danthecomposer Piano Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScTnOKnvtFY Water Pianism Community - Come and say hello! https://www.facebook.com/groups/waterpianismcommunity/ Follow me on Instagram? https://www.instagram.com/danthecomposer/ My Facebook Page on which you can discover all my work in one place and follow it easily: https://www.facebook.com/danthecomposer1 My blog: http://piano-jazz.blogspot.com/ My compositions: https://soundcloud.com/danthecomposer Ten Mins @ the Piano Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cPpP-Ua6NUFebhir7tx1CrW03zbb0d0 My most popular playlist: How to Become a Pianist in Ten Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cPpP-Ua6NWrn4SeCHHjMNMESg0qEZ-M Support me via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danthecomposer