Octave shifting done without touch-first,
then with touch-first


Notice that to a casual observer, there appears to be not much of a difference between the two shifts.
Yet, the second one (done with touch-first) is indicative of a skill that will become
more and more important as the music becomes more advanced, since touch-first isolates the
act of playing a key from the act of getting there (which in this case, is an advantage).

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