Are people's hands that big???

[alpacinator1]

Here, I have a small excerpt from the score of Mussorgsky's "The Hut on Fowl's Legs" from Pictures at an Exhibition. It this possible to play? If so, how?

[steve jones]

Aha, this is why god gave us 'the pedal' 

SJ

[alpacinator1]

Please elaborate. This piece is not for an organ.

[Kassaa]

That F (sharp is in the previous bar) sharp comes from the previous bar and is sustained with the pedal, you don't have to play it. there together with the A octave. You could also use the middle pedal for that F#.

[thalbergmad]

Instead, you could use your nose to play the F sharp.

Thal

[cygnusdei]

I can think of something else you can use to play the F#.

[zheer]

I can think of something else you can use to play the F#.

  Hahahahahah, you mean a pen,good one.

[jlh]

This goes by so fast it's probably not efficient to use the middle pedal...  why don't you use the damper?

[dan101]

As most everyone has already mentioned, this is a sustain pedal issue. This style of notation is found in abundance in Debussy's music.

[faustsaccomplice]

everybody's hands are big enough to play that except yours.  didn't you know?

[ilikepie]

yeah, it's simply playing f#with the 1st finger and the octaves that follow with 3 and 5.

[dnephi]

yeah, it's simply playing f#with the 1st finger and the octaves that follow with 3 and 5.

Heck, I use 4 and 5.

[faustsaccomplice]

haha u losers have to use two fingers?

[ilikepie]

haha u losers have to use two fingers?

Elephantitis is nothing to be proud of. =[

[wotgoplunk]

haha u losers have to use two fingers?

Psht, who uses fingers anymore? 

Toes are chic.