Eyes on the MUSIC: How to Play the Piano WITHOUT Looking Down 🎹

In this video I talk about how to play the piano without looking down at your hands. Pianists of all skill levels can benefit from cultivating the habit of not looking down.

It can really be difficult to play the piano when you have to constantly look up and down between the music and your hands. In this video, I go over the Number 1 MINDSET SHIFT that needs to take place in order to be able to start playing comfortably without looking down at your hands. And then I'll show you three techniques you can practice in order to develop the skill.

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Helpful resources:
Keith Snell: Fundamentals of Piano Theory, Level 6:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ylHnx5

Keith Snell: Fundamentals of Piano Theory, Level 7
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kXut5s

Keith Snell: Fundamentals of Piano Theory, Level 8
Amazon: https://amzn.to/41XNftS

Brown Book of Scales:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ZLYrbi

Fundamentals of Piano Practice:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ZLYrbi
Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/85942/97815232...

👉DOWNLOAD MY FREE PDF TECHNIQUE PRACTICE COMPANION
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:27 Sight vs feel
2:38 The topography of the keyboard
3:54 Exercise: finding landmark notes
5:27 Sensitizing the fingertips
6:07 Intervals
8:51 Exercise: Intervals in triads
9:57 Using fingers on the hand as a reference point
11:07 Exercise: shifting the hand
13:15 What if you try not looking down and make mistakes?
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