Just out of curiousity, what is commonly considered the average reach (interval) for a pianist? I know Rachmaninoff could reach a twelfth. I suppose I'm more interested in males, because I am one, and wondering how I match up to others of my gender.Respond to this topic by saying what you would consider the "average" reach, tell whether you're male or female, your age, and then give the largest interval you can play with one hand. I'm 17, and can reach a 10th. A 9th is comfortable, and a 10th feels like a bit of a stretch. I find that if there's a 10th in a piece I'm playing, I have to really concentrate on playing it cleanly in order for it to come out right.So what interval can you reach?
So what interval can you reach?
I can reach a 10th with my left hand, but I can only make a 9th with my right.
i can reach a 9th, or 9 1/2 if you do C to C# for my right hand, left i can do a 10th but hey i'm a girl and thus probably have smaller hands than all you males so that's not bad
"hm that seems odd mycroft"Yeah, I thought so. My right hand has this tendon or something that seems to connect from the base of my thumb to my middle finger. Anyway, when I stretch out this hand, that tendon can be felt quite easily and I can even see it through the skin. I can feel the same tendon in my left hand, but not nearly as distinctly.
Well, I broke the pinky finger in my left hand a long time ago and that sorta affected my reach. I can reach a 12th comfortably with my left hand but with my right its a real strain to reach that same interval.
I had a friend who has a friend who got the webbing of her fingers slit so she could reach further. To me though, that seems way drastic.
Well, gee. Now I feel better! I'm a 15-year-old girl, and I can reach a 10th. I can reach a 9th comfortably enough to play it in a piece, but I'm working on a tenth. Unfortunately, I think my growing days are over, and I'm stuck at a 10th for the rest of my life!
The size of your hand doesn't necessarily control your span. It's the webbing in between your fingers that controls that. I had a friend who has a friend who got the webbing of her fingers slit so she could reach further. To me though, that seems way drastic.
2. I find extremely doubtful that any medical doctor would do such an operation and not be accountable for it.
3. Contrary to what you may believe, unless one is a duck, the webbing between the fingers does not interfere at all with the span of the hand. You can easily ascertain that by observing your own hand. In fact your span is controlled exactly by the size of your hand and nothing else. Your largest span is always going to be the distance between the tip of your thumb and the tip of your little finger when they are in a straight line. All the stretch you need is the stretch necessary to have these two fingers in a straight line. That will be your maximum span (unless you find a way to grow your fingers/hand). You may not be able (if you have not trained yourself to do so) to achieve such a stretch just using the muscles of the hand/forearm, but you can easily achieve it with the help of your other hand. If you try you will be able to see that the webbing does not prevent this maximum span at all. You can even stretch your thumb and little finger further from each other, but that will actually decrease the span, since they are no more in a straight line.
I can reach an 11th with my right hand with little trouble. With the thumb on C, 2nd finger on A, 3rd on C and 5th on F, it feels quite comfertable and I don't have much trouble.The left hand isn't as good though, but I can reach a 10th with little trouble. An 11th is hard though.I'm 17 by the way, male from Sweden. Hope my hands will grow some more
Hahaha, but this girl lives in Alabama! I used to live there and I would say yes, it is possible. Actually if my friend had told me herself I doubt if I would've believed it, her mom told me though- so I figured it was probably credible. But again, they were Alabamians, and you really never know if they're taking you for a ride or not. (want to hear some funny stories? Just ask- living in the South was interesting, lol)
I can't get my thumb and 5th finger in a straight line- when I stretch as far as I can, they are still slightly V-shaped if you know what I mean. I figured that was because of the webbing. How do you get your hand to stretch that far? Also, how do you get the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers to stretch further from eachother? Thanks!
Left hand : C+ F+ Ab+ #C+ ERight hand: C + F + Ab + #C + Ecool chords try those.... both left and righti can reacht from c to f with left.... almost from c to g with right but from c to f with not much trouble
11thyou could try somethingpress the chord G Bb Eb G Bb that is the most tension that my RH can play