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I just want to make a comment, as a fellow musician, that if you play either:
1) a string instrument, especially guitar/bass/cello/violin/etc
or
2) a percussive instrument, very especially piano...
Then yes, there is such thing as 'musician's hands'. As someone who has had everything from dishpan hands, to lumberjack/construction calloused hands... you can tell a lot about what a person does by their hands.
I tend to know the classical guitarists because they're hands are calloused on the fingertips, but soft, supple, and well cared for everywhere else... if they don't use picks (which many don't), then they tend to have long fingernails too.
Pianists hands tend to be strong and overly flexible. They create what is commonly refereed to as the 'egg shape' when at rest.
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/527ad85de4b0d1e6b3962731/t/5330c712e4b0d734e85b8ae4/1395705619198/[img]
For those that practice hours a day (playing professionally, for a living, in a band, etc), they tend to tap their fingers more often than most as well. Not as much as drummers, but still more than the average person.
I could keep going on about tell-tale signs of different types of musicians, but I'll let y'all figure out for yourselves if interest truly lies in you about the subject.
1) a string instrument, especially guitar/bass/cello/violin/etc
or
2) a percussive instrument, very especially piano...
Then yes, there is such thing as 'musician's hands'. As someone who has had everything from dishpan hands, to lumberjack/construction calloused hands... you can tell a lot about what a person does by their hands.
I tend to know the classical guitarists because they're hands are calloused on the fingertips, but soft, supple, and well cared for everywhere else... if they don't use picks (which many don't), then they tend to have long fingernails too.
Pianists hands tend to be strong and overly flexible. They create what is commonly refereed to as the 'egg shape' when at rest.
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/527ad85de4b0d1e6b3962731/t/5330c712e4b0d734e85b8ae4/1395705619198/[img]
For those that practice hours a day (playing professionally, for a living, in a band, etc), they tend to tap their fingers more often than most as well. Not as much as drummers, but still more than the average person.
I could keep going on about tell-tale signs of different types of musicians, but I'll let y'all figure out for yourselves if interest truly lies in you about the subject.
Note - this is kind of random thoughts I've gathered after reading this post.
Random fun fact - I've been playing guitar for 9 years. Not once have I built up callouses on my fingers. (Not for lack of trying, though!) Nowadays that's not too surprising. Since I've stepped down from my position as a worship leader at my former church and I'm working, I haven't had as much time or even the motivation to play. And when I do pick it up, I never know what to play, I always end up drawing a blank. >.<
Though maybe it's just the fellow musician in me, I can always seem to pick out people who are musicians or artists. Sometimes it's the way they talk, or the way they conduct themselves, or even the way they dress.
I wish I could get my passion back for music. I remember when I was a huge nerd for music and music theory. I used to be pretty knowledgeable in all of it. Nowadays... I can't even remember what modes the major and minor scale are. I just know how to transpose music on the fly, and when you know what your basic major and minors are for each key, that's not hard to do.
Random fun fact - I've been playing guitar for 9 years. Not once have I built up callouses on my fingers. (Not for lack of trying, though!) Nowadays that's not too surprising. Since I've stepped down from my position as a worship leader at my former church and I'm working, I haven't had as much time or even the motivation to play. And when I do pick it up, I never know what to play, I always end up drawing a blank. >.<
Though maybe it's just the fellow musician in me, I can always seem to pick out people who are musicians or artists. Sometimes it's the way they talk, or the way they conduct themselves, or even the way they dress.
I wish I could get my passion back for music. I remember when I was a huge nerd for music and music theory. I used to be pretty knowledgeable in all of it. Nowadays... I can't even remember what modes the major and minor scale are. I just know how to transpose music on the fly, and when you know what your basic major and minors are for each key, that's not hard to do.
I just found this in my house. I don't know why it has green fangs, but that's a nope on every level lol. Tbh I smacked it and left it in the corner. I don't even care. I hate spiders and I'm not going back in that room for a while. *shudders* :S
