2 ms·
I'll say this from personal experience; having children play a musical instrument such as the piano when they are young helps massively with finger dexterity, s
by oedmarap 8y ago
I'll say this from personal experience; having children play a musical instrument such as the piano when they are young helps massively with finger dexterity, speed, and muscle development.
Having children also tinker with electronics (and anything else modular for that matter) is also a great way to gain accuracy needed for minute and subtle movements.
These have added benefits over simple handwriting -- in that writing is a prolonged contraction of the muscle whereas playing an instrument and doing small scale work involves contraction-release and learning of pressure sensitivity.
- Nr7 8y agoI can't help but to wonder how much difference there actually is when playing the piano or typing on a keyboard as a child.
- exDM69 8y agoThere is a big difference. When typing on a keyboard, you can make mistakes and take your time. When playing a musical instrument, you need to hit the right note on the first attempt and at the right time or it'll sound obviously wrong. Neither playing the piano or typing on a keyboard will alone build good manual dexterity. Precision and strength are also needed. Just writing or drawing with a pen would be a great help.