“Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another,
to cause vibrations in the soul.” – Wassily Kandinsky

The pianoforte, more commonly called the piano, became, by the last quarter of the eighteenth century, a leading instrument of Western music. Its inventor, Bartolomeo Cristofori called his instrument the, “gravicembalo col piano e forte”, which means, “the quiet and strong keyboard instrument”. As such, it requires from its players, a simple yet complex "engineering" and cooperation of the left and right hands. Many players thus become ambidextrous, which is why many studies have delved into the fascinating topic of pianists’ brains. The process of training itself —- making daily practice routine, does a lot to improve both hemispheres of the brain, and will leave rewarding effects that will last a very long time, some even say it will permanently alter one’s way of thinking.

鋼琴被稱作樂器之王,學習鋼琴,就是在復雜的黑白鍵之間尋找演奏的技巧與樂趣,是一件既簡單又複雜的“工程”,需要左右手的配合,因此大腦用來支配左右手的系統必然開始在同時指揮左右手協調、靈活等動作中開動運轉,這就是人們所說的提高大腦左右半球思維能力的訓練過程,很像左手畫三角形、右手同時畫圓形一樣,不是一件容易但卻是很有興趣、收益頗豐的訓練過程,同時也是步入藝術之門、增加個人藝術修養的好途徑。

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