Richard C. Alston
Richard C. Alston writes:
Hello Friends and Musical Family,
Please read this article to fully understand what
goes on in my head. (BIG SMILE)
Please share this with parents you may know whose son or
daughter is taking piano lessons.
Musically,
Richard
By Jordan Taylor Sloan
But while everyone grows out of braces, some people never recover
from childhood piano lessons. This is, in part, because true pianists'
brains are actually different from those of everyone else. In this
series, we've already written about what makes guitarists' and drummers'
brains unique, but playing keys is an entirely different beast. Drums
are functionally pitchless and achordal, so pitch selection and chord
voicings aren't part of the equation. Guitar only allows for six notes
at once and heavily favors left-hand dexterity.
But piano is the ultimate instrument in terms of skill and demand: Two hands have to play together simultaneously while navigating 88 keys. They can play up to 10 notes at a time. To manage all those options, pianists have to develop a totally unique brain capacity — one that has been revealed by science.
Because both hands are required to be equally active for pianists' to master their instrument, they have to overcome something innate to almost every person: right or left-handedness.
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But piano is the ultimate instrument in terms of skill and demand: Two hands have to play together simultaneously while navigating 88 keys. They can play up to 10 notes at a time. To manage all those options, pianists have to develop a totally unique brain capacity — one that has been revealed by science.
Because both hands are required to be equally active for pianists' to master their instrument, they have to overcome something innate to almost every person: right or left-handedness.
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