Experiments to do with your baby

Re:Experiments to do with your baby by lutorm on Friday December 06, 2013 @11:11PM (#6865444)

I just tried it and I have the problem that it's very difficult for me to extend only my ring finger. I vaguely remember someone saying that this is because some fraction of the population don't have fully independent 4th and 5th fingers...

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Re:Experiments to do with your baby by DEinspanjer on Monday December 09, 2013 @08:10AM (#6874100)

I hadn't heard about anyone having naturally occurring fourth and fifth fingers without the linkage. I do remember reading a story about a piano player who devised a set of stretches intended to develop the independence of his ring fingers but it ended up damaging the (tendons|ligaments|<insert medical term here>) and he could no longer effectively play the piano.

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Re:Experiments to do with your baby by ironcoal on Saturday December 14, 2013 @11:09AM (#6905993)

http://musicthing.blogspot.de/2006/09/finger-stretching-for-... That was Robert Schumann.

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