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Today's post combines a previous post on crossing noises with a new three-page crossing noise exercise called Power Crossings, and the updated worksheet called How to identify and eliminate crossing noises. We've all played them. We've all worked to get rid of them. We all strive to play clean and controlled and keep our tunes free from crossing noises. What are crossing noises? Crossing noises are unintentional, unwanted, extra notes between two notes caused by an error in the timing your of fingering. Listen to this example of the transition between two notes, Low A to C.  The first two times I play it correctly, you just hear Low A and C -- nice and clean.  The second two times I play it with a crossing noise. Listen to Low A and C. Do you hear that blip between the Low A and C?  That blip is a crossing noise.  More specifically, it is a ...