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0:00 Introduction: Mind the Gap
1:10 Two main sources of left-hand tension
1:49 What's the harm?
2:35 How to diagnose tension (physically)
4:43 How to diagnose (musically)
5:57 What's the ideal left hand?
6:35 The "one weird trick"
8:39 Minding the Gap in Schradieck
11:23 Back to the right side of the tracks
13:39 Conclusion and an alternate "trick"