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Old 03-26-2023, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rllink View Post
My teacher has been riding me for over a year not to watch my hands. I noticed this week if I keep looking at them they get self conscience because they are being watched and mess up. I'm a not a great player by any means but I'm better if I don't watch. I just thought that was interesting.
Practicing not to look at my hands, I discovered that playing in bed at night with the lights out worked best by necessitating that I play without looking at my hands - thereby breaking the eye/hand fixation behavior problem.

This method stops the eye/hand fixation problem for as long as the light is out. This provides practice with playing without watching your fingers.

This method also helps you develop skills needed to play on a dimly lit stage or in any dimly lit environment.
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