Re:The High Price of Multitasking
by jjtheblunt on Thursday August 01, 2019 @05:04PM
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Are piano players, keeping a distinct lower-register tune in their left hand WHILE their right hand plays a distinct tune, truly multitasking ?
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I would say no—rather, their hands are executing two parts of the same task: playing piano.
That's like saying a wind player is multitasking when they blow air while simultaneously moving their fingers.
If you mean a different piece in each hand simultaneously, then yes, I'd consider it multitasking. Until the pianist practiced doing that enough to think of it as a single piece in their head, that is.