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Topic: Gaining Range (Read 2017 times)

Pfreak

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Gaining Range

on: December 28, 2003, 10:09:48 PM

My range on the piano is 14 half steps with my right hand. Is there any way that I can extend that? Is there some excersise that I can do besides 8 hours of solid practicing?

Please help!

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Rach3

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Re: Gaining Range

Reply #1 on: December 28, 2003, 10:17:21 PM

Surgery.

Just kidding! Seriously, 14hs = major ninth, so your hand is about as big as most get. You can now play about everything excluding a few oddball pieces by Rachmaninoff and Brahms. Depending on your age and how much you practice, your hand still might grow or become more "flexible", able to strech at a greater angle.

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Pfreak

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Re: Gaining Range

Reply #2 on: December 28, 2003, 10:29:26 PM

I'm 14 and I practice about 1 to 2 hours a day, Rach3

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Rach3

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Re: Gaining Range

Reply #3 on: December 29, 2003, 12:32:13 AM

In which case you have nothing to worry about, your hands will certainly grow. When I was 14, I had the same span as you (ninth), now its a comforable tenth, and I can hold an eleventh (am now 16).

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leemay001

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Re: Gaining Range

Reply #4 on: December 30, 2003, 09:26:57 AM

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Surgery.

Heh heh heh

~Lee~

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