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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Excalibur on August 27, 2008, 05:47:58 pm

Title: Question: Does playing the piano help you type faster or vice versa?
Post by: Excalibur on August 27, 2008, 05:47:58 pm

Well, what are you looking at?    ;)                What it says.

Title: Re: Question: Does playing the piano help you type faster or vice versa?
Post by: Ghostavo on August 27, 2008, 06:30:40 pm

Only to a certain extent. It helps develop finger dexterity, but as soon as you reach a certain "level", it's starts not paying off. The reason for this is that while finger dexterity is good for both, you reach a certain point where to increase your ability in one or the other, you have to develop a feeling for the keyboard. That is muscle memory for where the keys are. And since we don't play piano in QWERTY keyboards and write in piano keyboards...

Title: Re: Question: Does playing the piano help you type faster or vice versa?
Post by: Excalibur on August 27, 2008, 07:34:08 pm

...mmm. That would be interesting...