skryabin's hands were small but why he wrote such wide intervals in his piano music??

Er, because he had such a big ego?? Also, he was influenced by Rachmaninov so that could be a factor.

If a big ego helped you span a big interval I would have no problems!!

Heck you can span a 12th. How big an interval do you need to span?

I can only do a 9th, which is from like a C - the D after the next C , i thnk?

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i can only do 9th too
wish can do 10th later..

I've read that his hands could ''barely stretch an octave'' but the truth is, he could just about reach ten keys. I would also say that Rachmaninov was more influenced by Scriabin than the other way around.

I can only just reach an octave if I'm lucky!!