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steponme

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Help for short fingers, big palm

on: July 17, 2010, 02:26:11 AM

I know this sounds silly.. but.. does anyone know a way where I can exercise my fingers and stretch them out bit by bit? I have very short fingers (I can barely reach a 9th and avoid doing so because I really can't press anything in between).

Help will be appreciated

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birba

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Re: Help for short fingers, big palm

Reply #1 on: July 17, 2010, 10:19:44 AM

Well, I guess you should read the "piano-yoga", or whatever it's called, by Horowitz's granddaughter. There's a new thread regarding this book. And on the site, you can read about the method of small hands obtaining a greater span. In my opinion, an octave is the minimum stretch. De La Rocha had miniscule hands. But, boy, could she rip Scarbo apart.