can u give me some help on playing fast (there fast to me because im not as advanced as u lot, lol) bit in a score when ur hand has to stretch because i have only small hands. The peice i am talking about is...................

Maple leaf rag. I cannot play the bit when it goes up (F Ab C F) and up and up. I cannot play it fast enough coz i am moving my complete hand, not just some fingers.

Pratcice slowly

Sounds like you need to ask someone to show you how to move up the keyboard by tucking under your thumb.
Some scale and arpeggio practice would help here I think.

Yup.

If its the bit im thinking of (your version is transposed) then it goes something like F F Ab C F F Ab C F, up the kepybaord. I play the first F in each pairwith my left hand, and the arppegio with my right, sort of crossing hands as you move up. The version i played was the original in Ab major. This worked for me, not sure if it will work for you....

By the way I'm a clarinettist, possibly not the best advice you could hear!

Which part is it? I have no problem with the piece.

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the bit when it goes up (F Ab C F) and up and up. I cannot play it fast enough coz i am moving my complete hand, not just some fingers.

if this is the bit I think it is, it would help you to memorise the arpeggio pattern for the same notes, then practise hopping up the octaves. In my copy this bit is the key of A flat minor (and yes if the court jester is reading this I've heard all the bad jokes about mine-shafts!!!).

From your post I think yours is written in a different key - that's fine; it fits with what Hand,Toe,Knee posted - I think your arpeggio is f minor. Try memorising that so that you can play it right up the keyboard, then see if that helps. HTK's suggestion of playing the first note of each group with your left hand is a good one - practise those octave F hops with your LH alone to get confident.

Maggie