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I think with any instrument or skill, we develop a sense of distances and where things are – a “map” of the landscape as it were. Not being a pianist, I’m not sure I’m the best person to answer how one goes about doing this, but there’s some research which suggests that we can get a better sense of the landscape if we experiment more widely with trying new things instead of sticking too rigidly to what’s “correct.”
So in other words, using a violin example, taking a few moments here and there to play more freely and not worry too much if you overshoot a shift here or there, as you experiment with traversing the fingerboard, varying your hand shape, moving your elbow around, and experimenting with greater degrees of freedom, instead of sticking exclusively with a controlled, careful approach.
