Just interested in how far people can stretch (over keys that is, not in some sexual Karma Sutra-ish way)

I can stretch from a C to the E above the next C above it, so basically 10 keys...


Odd

a 9th. Although an arrangment of pachabels cannon that I have uses 12ths!

Ah. Everyone seems to be using steps.

I can stretch the equivelant of a 16th.


Man, I must have beasty hands.

QUOTE (Oddball @ Nov 28 2004, 10:42 PM)

Ah. Everyone seems to be using steps. I can stretch the equivelant of a 16th. Man, I must have beasty hands.

16th??
you got to be joking man...
that's like 2octaves and 1 note!!
I can only play a major 9th.....

I can stretch from C to E easily, C to F with some difficulty.

an octave

an octave, a ninth at a push. i have mini hands

An octave usually but depending on configuration can be more or less - for example I can't always play cleanly a series of fast octaves, yet I can stretch usually one more for a major 9th if it's a one off...
Remember though that some of the greatest did not necessarily have huge hands...

I can stretch a ninth with some difficulty. I think my hands must be a similar size to Cheeble's.

QUOTE (cecilia @ Nov 29 2004, 08:49 AM)

I can stretch a ninth with some difficulty. I think my hands must be a similar size to Cheeble's.

wooohooo!!! *dances around* we should start a mini-hands club!!!

and I agree with lafrog, you don't need huge hands to be a good pianist.

OK, then I mean 16 half-steps... a C to an E...

From middle C to the upper D or E.

only an octave..

i can only just stretch an octave as well....i did my grade 8 exam today and i had to apologise to the examiner for not being able to stretch to all the notes in the last chords of one of my pieces.......i thought it was quite amusing really....though im not sure she would agree but we'll see in 2 weeks time

C to E is extremely comfy...in odd occation a tenth....

Usually a ninth. When i try really hard sometimes a half more.

I can stretch from a C to a C/D/E depending on how badly i want to play the notes!:P

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i can from C to F.

An octave, just about.

a ninth in right hand just about in left but i really have 2 stretch!
jess

I can stretch from middle C to the B two octaves and a seventh above.

(have I remembered right - that rule about "no elbows" is just in rock climbing isn't it?)

An octave normally. Sometimes a ninth but with difficulty.

QUOTE (zoda @ Dec 1 2004, 05:09 PM)

I can stretch from middle C to the B two octaves and a seventh above. (have I remembered right - that rule about "no elbows" is just in rock climbing isn't it?)

Well, unless you regularly play piano with your elbows...

i can stretch about an octave...if i really try (!) almost to an F from middle C



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10th but find "running tenths" like a scale too much of a sweat.

Octave.. 9th if i reallly strech and try .. god it hurts my finger after..

QUOTE (cheeble @ Nov 29 2004, 08:52 AM)

QUOTE (cecilia @ Nov 29 2004, 08:49 AM) I can stretch a ninth with some difficulty.  I think my hands must be a similar size to Cheeble's. wooohooo!!! *dances around* we should start a mini-hands club!!! and I agree with lafrog, you don't need huge hands to be a good pianist.

yay!!!!! i have mini hands 2!!! who wants 2 join the mini hands club? i can sretch a 9th too.

I've just tried something. The distance from the base of my hand to the tips of my fingers is that same length that i can stretch. Is this the same for everyone??

By stretch did you mean forcing it by wedging your little finger against a key then stretching as far as you can, or being able to land your thumb & little finger on the notes without preparation, and not sounding adjacent notes?

I can stretch an octave easily and a ninth a little less easily.

I can do an octave fairly easily, and a ninth, with a few extra notes...

I can stretch a 10th relatively easily and an 11th if i really try (but it hurts ) Icouldn't play an 11th in a piece though coz i gotta prepare for it.

I must have massive hands or something.

If small-hand people get a club I think big handed people should to.

Interesting fact that I can stretch an octave from my 1st finger (thumb) to my 2nd finger. My other fingers just don't stretch quite as far.

easily an octave - just about a ninth if i really push it!

Can stretch a 9th quite comfortably a 10th with a struggle

QUOTE (ambi @ Dec 12 2004, 07:24 PM)

By stretch did you mean forcing it by wedging your little finger against a key then stretching as far as you can, or being able to land your thumb & little finger on the notes without preparation, and not sounding adjacent notes?

Good point - if it is playing the 2 notes separately, then C to D on the right, C to E on the left (though I am right handed). Simultaneously it is as I said in my previous post, and reliably, an octave on the right but C to D on the left.

a ninth, almost a tenth...i can get the corner of a 10th

QUOTE (davidyko @ Dec 17 2004, 03:48 AM)

a ninth, almost a tenth...i can get the corner of a 10th

Same here. Frustrating!!!

WELL, I had quite literally the smallest hands belonging to a Pianist, I think my whole body is out of proportion, Im 5ft 5, size 8.5 feet, and i can only JUST stretch an octave..i am TINY, and it has caused many problems, especially now im doing grade8 piano, and there are quite some nice boig stretches for my baby hands to reach..oh well!

"Interesting fact that I can stretch an octave from my 1st finger (thumb) to my 2nd finger. My other fingers just don't stretch quite as far."

Bloody ######! They say the distance from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your index finger means something... can for the LIFE thing of what it is tho...

i can stretch a 9th, sometimes a 10th

A 9th for me. That's only my right hand though and it's only on good days.

an 8ve im ok with. a 9th sometimes if theres no notes in between

an octave without much difficulty, and a 9th OK, but not a 10th. a 9th is just a totally useless interval, isn't it??! lol...

Hello
An octave easily and play without touching other keys. A 9th at a push.
Bye Mike

can do major 9th fairly easily now, but not a 10th,
all depends on the size of your hands tho. it amazes me wen u see tiny little pianists playin such big pieces i wonder how they can stretch their hands lol?

Mine are tiny *joins small hand club*, so a 9th is a no-no, an octave is managable.

A 10th for me, but I don't think I could play double tenths at speed in both hands...

My hands stopped growing when I was about 14

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we should start a mini-hands club

So agreed

I can, in a pinch (or is that a stretch?) reach a ninth

Although, if the notes don't have to be connected or played at the same time I can play to or from any of the 88 notes on the piano...lol

can i join the mini hands club?!! i'll let you join my cant do aural club, might not work if u either can do aural/like aurals!

an octave. im only 5"2 with hands to match

*mutters* never wanted to play big intervals anyways.....*sulksulksulk*