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Offline 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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Offline 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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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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Offline 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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Offline 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  :P
  ~Lee~
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