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Author: clariknight
Date: 2009-02-01 00:29
Wouldn't it negate the necessity for the extra keys? You could go B-C# on the right side, and then to Eb without any problems.
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Author: Bret Pimentel
Date: 2009-02-01 01:20
I briefly had a clarinet student with 11 fingers. (One was not "perfect," to use the word from the original post, but didn't get in the way of clarinet playing.)
I also briefly had a flute student with 8 fingers. My overall career average is just under ten fingers per student.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-02-01 08:11
I've only got eight fingers - eight fingers and two thumbs! Sorry, being pedantic there.
My mum used to work in hospital maternity wards, and infants with more digits than usual (polydactyl?) would have them 'docked' by putting an elastic band around them (as is done with lambs' tails) - though this was in the '60s and early '70s.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2009-02-01 11:23
I can only think this would be a good thing, especially as the fingers are functional. It would be an advantage in sports, too, having a bit more grip.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-02-01 15:58
I always said I could use a few extra fingers to play some pieces, he has them. Does he have any other "extra" body parts? Use your imagination. ESP
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Author: LesterV
Date: 2009-02-01 16:48
A reed instrument could be designed for such a person that, like tin whistles and recorders, had only holes - no additional keywork. A uniform bore with a reed mouthpiece will always overblow an octave and a half, so ten finger holes are required to provide continuity between the fundamental and the overblown notes. A thumbhole and non-sequential fingerings could probably provide all needed accidentals. Normal people don't have enough fingers to play such an instrument but anyone with five fingers and a thumb on each hand could.
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Author: Jkelly32562
Date: 2009-02-01 16:54
What about the piano or organ?! They could play full chords with 9ths and 13ths and I bet would easily reach an octave and a 6th.
Jonathan Kelly
jkelly32562@troy.edu
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Author: Tim P
Date: 2009-02-02 17:51
not in my case. i have a hard enough time getting the ones i DO have to the right place and at the right time. lord only knows where two more would end up.
"saving the world, one beer at a time"
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Author: marshall
Date: 2009-02-03 06:47
>>Anybody remember "Gattaca"?
I was just going to mention something about that movie.
I don't think it would be that big of an advantage because the modern boehm system is designed for a player with ten fingers, and the keys are placed with that in mind. Playing the lower keys with a sixth finger seems like it would be like trying to play the sliver keys with the middle finger or the C#/G# key with the left ring finger. The keys simply aren't placed to facilitate those fingers.
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Author: timg
Date: 2009-02-03 11:28
I wonder how much control 6-fingered people have over the extra digit. In a normal hand there are fewer flexor muscles than there are fingers, and it's only by coordinating flexor and extensor muscles that it is possible to move fingers individually. And even then some movements are weaker or more difficult, such as raising the ring-finger.
As for sports, you'd have a tough time with anything which required gloves!
I think I'll stop complaining about being left-handed now.
-Tim
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