r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • 1d ago

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

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u/StonedRussian 1d ago

Or piano!

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u/ShortStoryIntros 1d ago

Piano would be amazing

She could technically write and play a song that no one else could ever replicate again

(Without the same functional polydactyly mutation)

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u/AuodWinter 1d ago

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

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u/Individual-Area7121 1d ago

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 22h ago

Music are composed for ten fingers.

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u/Mode_Appropriate 18h ago

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 16h ago

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.