For example, everyone knows that someone would still be able to ride a bike after years of inactivity. However, with things like instruments, muscle memory can be lost in just a few weeks of inactivity, and could be a total restart for the musician.
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Fine motor skills compared to gross motor skills. Also, while you won’t have to totally learn from scratch, you definitely forget the finesse parts if riding a bike. I tried to ride a bike recently and I was not great.
Complexity factors in. Riding a bike boils down to “go fast enough to not fall down”. Playing an instrument has a lot more steps.
Conversely, repetition also factors in. I only pick up a guitar once in a blue moon, but I was an obsessive player when I was in high school, and there are still a few songs I can play perfectly, from memory. I can’t ride a bike though, weirdly. I learned, but I never enjoyed it enough to actually go biking, and I cannot ride a bike with any degree of competence.
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