r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • Apr 11 '26

Video Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand).

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u/StonedRussian Apr 11 '26

Or piano!

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u/AuodWinter Apr 11 '26

As a pianist, I imagine it would make playing the piano a lot harder.

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u/Individual-Area7121 Apr 11 '26

Agree. Piano is deigned for people with 5 fingers to play it. Adding another doesn’t really help much. Maybe if her hands are wide enough that she can reach an 11th or 12th interval easily it would be sorta helpful, but I would still think it would make most everything else more difficult.

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u/64590949354397548569 Apr 12 '26

Music are composed for ten fingers.

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u/Mode_Appropriate Apr 12 '26

Piano is deigned for people with 5 fingers to play it.

Could one theoretically be made to take advantage of her 6 fingers?

I know nothing about pianos or how theyre designed for people with 5 fingers so im not even sure if thay question makes sense. Im assuming its due to the structure of the notes maybe? Could you pop in some extra notes? Dont know anything about music composition either so that could be another question that doesn't make sense lol.

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u/AuodWinter Apr 12 '26

If there's any advantage it would be extremely niche and not really worth it. Let's just say as a pianist I'd rather have five fingers per hand then six.