The comment I hear most frequently after a performance or on one of my videos is...

“Your hands just glide over the keys. How do you make it look so easy?”

Here’s the truth:
It is easier when you use smart, efficient fingering with minimal movement.

When practice starts feeling frustrating or inefficient, it’s rarely because you’re not working hard enough. More often, it’s because fingering has never truly been decided.

This happens even at an advanced level, when there are multiple “reasonable” choices and no clear system for choosing between them.

That indecision costs far more than you realize. It drains focus, confidence and momentum, and it makes even familiar passages feel unreliable.

I don’t rely on luck or muscle memory. I follow specific Piano Ninja Fingering rules that help you make clear decisions once, and then trust them. That is what allows passages to feel smoother, more fluid and more reliable, even under pressure.

I put together a short, free Piano Ninja Fingering mini-course for you delivered by email, where I show you exactly how I choose fingering in my music and how you can do the same in your repertoire.

Join here 👇

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Play On,
Lisa Spector 🎹 🥷
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​ps I almost skipped this week’s email. It’s been a hard few days with the tragic news, and I can’t pretend it’s business as usual. But I also know, from lived experience, how much music and practicing help keep me grounded and connected to joy. I hope it does the same for you, in whatever way you need right now.

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