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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:23 am
I can just about get a ninth now. I used to be unable to play the second section of Rachmaninov's prelude in G minor (forgotten the op. but it's the famous one) but now I can, so I think my hands can stretch quite a bit more. Just kind of dislocate my fingers...
I have a friend who is the most amazing jazz pianist, and my hands are the size of his palms, I'm sure he can reach a 14th at least. No fair.
There's a Ravel piece on the grade 8 syllabus I'm doing, which I looked at but just didn't like so I'm playing the Milau piece instead. I really haven't listened to much of his stuff though.
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:52 pm
To Wings: My teacher decided to make me play a de Falla danse for Impressionist/Post Romantic section.
To Emmanuela: I totally envy your friend. gonk By the way, I think I know which Rachmaninoff prelude you meant. I love it. Speaking of dislocating one's fingers, I think I can reach a really uncomfortable major 10th that way...
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:13 pm
Tenth. I can do an 11th, but it requires me to put my hand on the edge of the piano. A little hard to explain, but I can't suddenly play an 11th in the middle of a piece.
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:20 pm
@Fryderyk: I love Spanish pieces <3 I've only played one piece by de Falla a long time ago...I think it was "The Miller's Dance."
@Septomor: I know what you mean. I can do a risky major 10th that way as well. XD
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:58 am
Fryderyk Chopin To Wings: My teacher decided to make me play a de Falla danse for Impressionist/Post Romantic section. To Emmanuela: I totally envy your friend. gonk By the way, I think I know which Rachmaninoff prelude you meant. I love it. Speaking of dislocating one's fingers, I think I can reach a really uncomfortable major 10th that way... I know, I hate him (well, not hate as really really envy, he is very nice I should not say hate). It's so unfair, though... My teacher taught me how to cheat by playing two notes with one finger; it's a very useful techniqueXD
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:34 pm
Emmanuela Fryderyk Chopin To Wings: My teacher decided to make me play a de Falla danse for Impressionist/Post Romantic section. To Emmanuela: I totally envy your friend. gonk By the way, I think I know which Rachmaninoff prelude you meant. I love it. Speaking of dislocating one's fingers, I think I can reach a really uncomfortable major 10th that way... I know, I hate him (well, not hate as really really envy, he is very nice I should not say hate). It's so unfair, though... My teacher taught me how to cheat by playing two notes with one finger; it's a very useful techniqueXD Same here(on the teacher thing). She taught me it so that I can play those chords in a certain Chopin Polonaise that I'm sight reading right now for fun. xd . Well..guys do naturally have larger hands, right? Being taller and their proportions(Art teacher at school told us that if both a girl and a guy put their wrist at their chin, the girl's middle finger would reach just over the bridge of the nose while the guy's middle finger would be right on the forehead near the scalp. That's crazy) gonk
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:09 am
Fryderyk Chopin Emmanuela Fryderyk Chopin To Wings: My teacher decided to make me play a de Falla danse for Impressionist/Post Romantic section. To Emmanuela: I totally envy your friend. gonk By the way, I think I know which Rachmaninoff prelude you meant. I love it. Speaking of dislocating one's fingers, I think I can reach a really uncomfortable major 10th that way... I know, I hate him (well, not hate as really really envy, he is very nice I should not say hate). It's so unfair, though... My teacher taught me how to cheat by playing two notes with one finger; it's a very useful techniqueXD Same here(on the teacher thing). She taught me it so that I can play those chords in a certain Chopin Polonaise that I'm sight reading right now for fun. xd . Well..guys do naturally have larger hands, right? Being taller and their proportions(Art teacher at school told us that if both a girl and a guy put their wrist at their chin, the girl's middle finger would reach just over the bridge of the nose while the guy's middle finger would be right on the forehead near the scalp. That's crazy) gonk It's so unfair, although I've found a friend who is absolutely amazing at piano and her hands are the same size as mine so I suppose if you keep on practicing it doesn't matter. But still. Hmph.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:18 pm
A tenth? For myself that is amazing. I can reach a ninth. I have been playing piano for over seven years and yet that is all my tiny hands will let me do. My brother however, has huge hands. He can reach an eleventh or twelveth. But he's insane, and a music major. wink
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:20 am
I can stretch a 9th... And it hurts a lot.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:25 am
Too much ninths hurt my hand too. XD The occasional ones are fine, but if it's a piece full of ninths (like the 3rd mvt of Rahbee's Piano Sonata No. 2), I'd be having trouble as well.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:25 pm
Oi...I must say the same about tenths. A few scattered throughout a piece is fine, but if they dwell on tenths, like that run in a transcription of Stars and Stripes Forever, I'm pretty much screwed.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:58 pm
TENTHS!! AHHHH. D:
I fail at tenths.
I can only play them if it's a C to E chord. sadly. or.. if the piece goes REALLY slow. smile
i can reach ninths fairly well, however.
Curse meh small, putrid hands.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:00 pm
We aren't too bad off already, the lot of us here. I have friends who can barely manage to play octaves. Now that is sad. ^^;
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:09 pm
Yah but my piano teacher is wanting me to do finger stretches over the piano so i can get a good solid tenth.
i'm not quite there, but. smile
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:37 pm
I do too, and yes, it is quite unfortunate. Inability to play octaves means that much romantic and beyond pieces are beyond(and before too, to a lesser degree from my observations) your grasp. Many wonderful ones too.
My piano teacher never directly asked me to do finger stretches, but I do it myself anyways. I always watch for a limit so I don't end up permanently damaging my hands, like poor Robert Schumann did, if I recall correctly?
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