Do You Play An Instrument?

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On 5/1/2017 at 11:10 PM, GTR-N1 said:

Musical instruments I think, are really good for both sides of the brain: not just the music-related hemisphere.
That's because on most instruments, the left hand (right brain) needs to know what the right hand (left brain) is doing; and yet work independently at the same time.
Thoughts?

Terry,

Fascinating thinking about this dynamic over different instrument types too - woodwind or piano for instance, where the hands work together to produce notes and chords, in contrast to stringed instruments where one hand (usually the left for right handed players) leads the right. So which requires more dexterity? The fretboard hand or the hand playing? Gonna guess the hand playing just because we tend to use our dominant hand for it.

Never thought about the synergy required between the two hemispheres. Plenty of positives for learning and keeping the mind well trained I'm sure, and crossover of the creative side with the logical - but to get slightly philosophical - could there be any possible negatives from the hemispheres working together in such a way? Confused neural pathways etc.? TOO open minded? Haha...

[GTR-N1]

...once went out with a g/f whose former ex was a trombonist - she thought he was an idiot. Hmmm... 

[luke gtr]

Closest i ge to playing an instrument is either air guitar or air drums.

And I'm horrible at both.