Each chapter had only two parts: a diagnostic checklist and three exercises that looked deceptively simple. The first exercise in Chapter 1 was just playing a C major scale in quarter notes at 40 bpm—but with a tuner, a metronome on 2 & 4, and eyes closed. "Do this for 40 minutes a day for two weeks," Cross wrote, "or don't bother with the rest."
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by Hiram Cross (1929–2008)
Leo never found out who Hiram Cross was. But he later turned his own practice notes into a small, self-published PDF: "The Listening Fingers: A Comprehensive Technique for Jazz Musicians, Vol. 2" . Each chapter had only two parts: a diagnostic