Learn Piano: Is it good for your hands?

How does playing piano affect your sports performance? Maybe you're implying there would be a schedule overlapping. Obviously, if you want to perform a sport professionally, you won't have time for piano. But not for much else either, for that matter. However, I do have a friend who studied piano at music school since he was very young, for about 11 years. He also followed tennis training, but was never a pro, or not enough to participate in local junior competitions anyway. He is a very good and talented piano player (and he dedicates a lot of his free time to this), a pretty good tennis player (and doesn't play that often), and he also enjoys basketball, and he's fairly good at it. And none of these are even an income earner - all this is just in his free time.

What I know is that our fingers should be well maintained away from heavy lifting and related to it because it could affect your fingers in playing piano.

I learned how to play the piano a little bit, but I wasn't very good at it. Then again, I never really had anyone to teach me how to play.

i play guitar and a little bit of piano and according to my experience time factor matters a lot in the initial stage. We need to learn it from a professional teacher so that we learn easy and more. If we learn it in the wrong way than it will be hard to rectify when we become older. I cannot agree with the point on distracting other sports, as it totally depends on our time management for all the things that we do.

Music is good,and learning to play musical instrument is one good way to express oneself. I know how to strum guitar,but not so good. But,i learned it myself alone just following the chords from the song book. My daughter knows how to play the piano without proper study,she learned it herself. I guess,it depends upon your talent,passion and interests. Some people were gifted with talents to play musical instruments without too much effort,as if they know it by heart. And i can say my daughter is one of them. She can play various musical instruments bu heart. I don't believed that you will nor enjoy other activities. It is just a matter of managing your tasks. If you really love to know how to play the piano,it will not take you a long time to learn it. Besides,you can make time schedule so you can still do other activities that you want. have a great weekend ahead

I used to learn piano. I was at grade 7 when I stopped due to my examinations. It has been close to about 4 years since i stopped. However, i do plan to pick it up again when i have the time. I really love playing the piano. Indeed, it takes a lot of practice in order to play it well. In the beginning, I just set aside an hour to practice everyday. However, as my grade got higher, 1 hour is definitely not enough. It's not true that we cannot enjoy other sports. Just that, our fingers are really important. If we lose our fingers or injure them, we won't be able to practice for the next few days. Our fingers need to be very agile and flexible as it is necessary for us to stretch our fingers to reach the different keys. In the end, it is a very enjoyable process and I really want to get back to learning the piano!

I have been playing the piano since I was in first grade. I think it's a good exercise to be able to use your fingers everyday, it keeps your hands and fingers looking good and flexible. I could actually attest that because I'm playing the piano for a long time, I have mustered the art of typing and doing things with my fingers more efficiently than those who have no training. But still, you can't really force yourself to do something if you're not really meant for it. I could recall when I was young, all of us (my cousins and siblings) were forced to learn to play the piano. I ended up alone when we reached the 6th grade. Though most of my cousins and siblings have ventured out into other forms of music particularly guitar, bass, drums and other stringed instruments. Further, I also know how to play the guitar, but I prefer the piano better. As for sports affecting performance in music, I don't think it's true. My brother was a basketball varsity player when he was in high school and college at the same time belonged to the band as the guitar lead. He still performed well and gathered awards even. Further, I also play sports like badminton and tennis it doesn't really affect my piano performance. But, I couldn't say the same if one does this (playing piano or sports) professionally. Perhaps there will be effects.

It's not true to say that playing the piano for long periods of time can be harmful to your hands. For those who play badminton like me, playing the piano also helps to train and strengthen the fingers, which are used to control net shots in badminton. Well, if you say playing sports other than piano can affect the performance and practice, this is a matter of time management. If you are disciplined and can manage your time well, I would say: go ahead and enjoy however you want. Don't take piano as something like a mission. Take it as a way to relieve stress, that's what I do.

well i think its good because it will increase the dexterity of your fingers.

i do have a friend that is studying how to play piano, so when he play, his hands also his fingers are so soft.but he has a secret why his hands and fingers are soft when he play piano.he do lots of trainings and warm up before he play. i want also to study piano but then i can't afford it.