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I'm an advanced classical pianist of many years, and perform jazz professionally as well.
Someone gave me a classical guitar for my birthday (I used to play as a child).
I'm concerned that if I take up guitar again, even casually, it could negatively effect my piano playing.
Guitar can cause callouses and wear and tear on your hands, which could theoretically effect the sensitivity of my fingertips for piano.
Anyone have opinions on this?
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I also play the guitar and have no problems, but I don't play it as much as the piano.
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It shouldn't be a problem as far as your left hand goes...however properly kept RH nails for classical guitar could well be annoying...I HATE my nails to click on the keys.
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I also never had a problem with it, nor have I heard of anyone having a problem with it.
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Wear and tear? Uh, what?? Lol! Classical guitar rules. You should learn it.
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I play both too. I usually play a folk guitar (steel strings) and I also play the mandolin (double steel strings!) and yes, I do have callouses, but I don't find it affects my piano playing. Having said that, I don't really play any of the stringed instruments as much as I play the piano - I'm not sure if it might affect sensitivity in the long run if you played both excessively and the callouses were pronounced but, as others have said, the callouses are only on one hand (not sure if that makes it better or worse!) But, so far, no problems!
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If anything, my left hand has better dexterity on the keys than my right...I think it's a non-issue.
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If ONLY my playing on either were good enough to be interfered with by the other, or extensive enough to interfere with the other
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Well, I guess if you can play both guitar AND piano, then you get ALL the ladies!
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If anything, my left hand has better dexterity on the keys than my right...I think it's a non-issue. Do you trill better with your left hand than your right? I do.
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Yes, definitely. Particularly on 3-4 trills. My LH fingers are just "looser" because of the extra work from fretting a guitar (and from violin, which is what I'm mainly playing these days).
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Well, I guess if you can play both guitar AND piano, then you get ALL the ladies! I'm living proof that it isn't true .... OK, I only play very rudimentary classical guitar - I mainly use my guitar to accompany pop and folk and C&W songs around campfires, rather than to impress my camping mates with my rendition of Recuerdos de la Alhambra . I don't even practice enough to develop permanent calluses on my LH fingertips.
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I've played both for 35 years, no problems at all with manual dexterity. What it has given me is a deeper understanding of music than I would have with either one alone.
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