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  • In comparison, how quickly can you play the piano? Can you play the "Cliffs of Dover" notes on piano faster than you can play them on guitar?
    – Dekkadeci
    Commented Jan 10, 2021 at 15:59
  • I don't play the piano. I don't have a keyboard to even try. But you do bring up a good point, maybe wrist position plays a part in it.
    – mike628
    Commented Jan 10, 2021 at 17:13
  • To answer this, there's a need to find fathers/sons etc., and check their playing. But I feel a wild goose chase coming.
    – Tim
    Commented Jan 10, 2021 at 17:50
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    "Practice more" is a drawback? :-)
    – Aaron
    Commented Jan 11, 2021 at 5:25
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    Trivially, if your inherited traits include not having fingers, it matters, but there is no evidence I'm aware of that the coordinated speed of many muscles in the arm/wrist/fingers is measurably different across 'normal' humans. It's not like, e.g., runners who can sprint or run marathons better based on fast-twitch vs slow-twitch muscle cells in their legs Commented Jan 11, 2021 at 16:06