Wear bricks on your hands. /s Or often, I was taught to try and “swing” some notes, play as if the piece had legato markings, or play as if the piece had staccato markings to change things up.

I’m trying to figure out how to translate this to piano. What’s “just enough of a change”? Transpose to another key? Change up the tempo?

How on earth are you out of the greys?

So I’m a psychologist and I treat a bunch of people with this issue. A couple things to keep in mind: