Pianists: Are your hands still fighting with each other?

What did you learn about coordinating your right hand and your left hand?

For most of you, the answer is something like this:

Step 1: Learn the right hand.

Step 2: Learn the left hand.

Step 3: Play the hands together.

And how has that worked out? 

There is a better way...

Learning the part for each hand separately is straightforward enough. But playing them together is another story. Are you wondering...

How can I coordinate my hands? How can I get them to play in sync?

What can I do to have more hand “independence”? How can I focus on treble and bass clef at the same time? Do I have to memorize one hand so I can focus on the other?

Why is this so hard? What’s wrong with me?

What if playing the piano didn’t feel like multitasking? 

What if instead of bobbing my head up and down from the sheet music to the keys, darting my eyes back and forth from right to left, I could just focus on one or the other, or even close my eyes entirely and let the music pour through me?

What if my hands danced together like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, Keone and Mari Madrid?

From struggle to relationship.

From independence to interdependence.

From multitasking to unity.

From war to love