Who here types faster and has tried the Piano?

[Rip the Jacker]

I'm just curious as to what will happen if you make a fast typer play the piano. Will he/she be decent? Has anyone tried this?

Whoever plays piano.. Are you pretty good/fast? And how fast are you on the keyboard.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Eh... I quit piano long ago but I was pretty good back then (for having only a few years experience) and I typed between 75-85wpm. Can't read sheet for crap now.

 

[EvilYoda]

I know that my dexterity in typing was first improved from playing the piano, then from typing on a keyboard...I didn't really type too much until middle school whereas I've been playing piano since elementary.

 

[slick230]

I think they're pretty different actions/skill sets. Typing is pretty much a vertical action thing, with very little horizontal movement involved. Playing the piano is all horizontal across a much wider area. I don;t think just because you may be able to type fast that you would play the piano an better than someone who's a "hunt and pecker".


LOL, I said pecker.

 

[DAGTA]

Speed is not the measure of skill on a Piano. Music has a beat and rhythm not just 'play as fast as you can'.

 

[imported_goku]

My mother still plays the piano for fun to this day (originally wanted to become a pianist, flew to europe and lived there for 8 years just to be told "her fingers were too small" :roll and she types fairly quickly, maybe 120WPM+

 

[Evadman]

My grandmother can type so fast she can jam the keys on a manual typewriter. minimum 120 WPM, probably more ike 150. She can't play piano worth beans.

 

[Sealy]

Hmmm....played the piano since age 6, took typing in grade 9, and caught on prettywell. Not sure if that had anything to do with one or the other though...???

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: slick230
I think they're pretty different actions/skill sets. Typing is pretty much a vertical action thing, with very little horizontal movement involved. Playing the piano is all horizontal across a much wider area. I don;t think just because you may be able to type fast that you would play the piano an better than someone who's a "hunt and pecker".

I don't know, manual dexterity is manual dexterity.

I'm not really sure how I should answer this, my first instrument(besides the glockenspiel, thank you Kindermusic) was the piano, I've basically stopped playing piano but I continue playing several other instruments and my typing is probably at around 80 WPM on a good day.

 

[Jzero]

I can't say that being a fast typist has given me fast fingers, especially considering that I only got back into piano about 2 months ago, however I will say that being a touch typist has given me a lot of confidence in knowing where my fingers are and where they are going. When I was younger, I had to remind myself not to look at the keys. Now, I find my fingers just seem to "know" where to go just like they do when typing.

 

[ColdFusion718]

I can type really fast but can't play the piano, tried learning but I was a complete failure.