You notice problems at the high levels, but the fix almost always lives at a lower level. A dragging tempo, broken dot-cut, or shaky timing are musical symptoms. The root cause is usually a pattern, a skill, or tight hands underneath — work down the pyramid until you find it.
Master the small moves by the thousands. Tachums, doublings, and note transitions have to become automatic — so easy and so perfect you never think about them — because you cannot think your way through a tune at speed.
Relaxed hands are the foundation of musical expression. Level one of the pyramid is good form: fingers close to the chanter, minimum tension. Sometimes just relaxing your hands makes a hard passage 50 percent better.
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Achieving Musical Mastery
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