Mark
Look up the thread on Arpeggios. Doing scales then arpeggios correctly from the start is the key. Again no shortcuts for that.
I think the "stuffy" comes from the disciplined structure some players learned with. Same reason some are stuck to a printed score. Just can't cut loose.
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