This. It’s so tragic lol. Not only that, but I have the daintiest fingers ever so I can have a lot of trouble with dynamics and not missing notes (because I didn’t press hard enough). I’ve gotten so good at jumping now tho i can land some very weird ones

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@withloverebeccajoy

2y↑17.2K

The worst thing is being a tiny handed pianist that loves Rachmaninoff. It's like shooting for the stars but you barely breach the atmosphere 😭

@saving_graciela9203

1y↑226

Why is this so funny hahaha 🤣🤣

@CorbCorbin

1y↑179

I play like bugs bunny, use my ears if I gotta.

@tomgoodwin534

1y↑92

You’d be lucky to leave the troposphere

@LydianMelody

1y↑57

Girl same. It hurts to live

@mihailmilev9909

1y↑14

Perfectly said

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@teoeu5966

1y↑4.8K

Bro forgot to mention my man Liszt who expects an average pianist to be able to reach a C on one piano and an E on a piano on the other side of the planet

@feralbluee

1y↑47

LOL - good one :) 😋

@thegsp

52w↑166

Liszt expects people to have three hands

@annanascht_5824

50w↑128

There is an urban legend here in Austria (where Liszt was from) that he had this little web between the thumb and the index finger cut so he could reach more keys 😅

@samdupre1731

49w↑68

@@annanascht_5824 If I remember my Music History correctly, Liszt did do that, despite getting warnings from others, but it ended up making it more difficult to play, and he couldn't use that hand fully for the rest of his life.

@user-wb1xk1km9v

46w↑3

哈哈哈～好主意😊
is good idea 🎉

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@ilxoco

1y↑366

Tiny pianist hands reaching an octave on staccato be like: broken pinky and a cramp.

@Q.Anderson

29w↑4

I CAN'T- 🤣

@aycc-nbh7289

2y↑9.3K

Remember that even with “normal hands”, the pedal is your friend.

@hyperactiveofficial8096

2y↑417

Sure, as long as you know how to use it properly.

@cayleece7890

2y↑156

Yes indeed! Be friends with the pedal!

@hearts4melaniemartini

2y↑228

Me with a keyboard and small hands💀

@Melanie_Star

2y↑92

Nooooo, not for beginners it's their total downfall! 😆

@slimedog5098

2y↑73

@@Melanie_Star stepping on pedal like a car's gas pedal intensities

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@emilyxu6594

1y↑9.6K

Me crying in tiny pianist hands that can only reach an octave

@matildecouto4377

1y↑330

Same, sometimes my teacher wouldn't give me the pieces she wanted me to play because i couldn't even reach an octave back then 🤦‍♀️

@ItzRachel1

1y↑27

Sameeeeee

@ValkyRiver

1y↑49

I know that you would probably want to try out narrow keys

@cremmy_crem621

1y↑6

ME TOO LOL

@ctaprxd

1y↑7

I arrive c1 to f2

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@LucasMLopes26

48w↑54

Me, a pianist: reaches C-D
My friend, not a pianist: C-F

Me, who wants to play Rach 2: Cries in pianist

@Lmkt

1y↑451

Supposedly Rachmaninov was able to play a C-G-C-E-G chord.

@fernandojosegonzalezolguin3481

44w↑72

A what .

@thevywern

41w↑39

Im proud to say i can do the C-G-C-E chord. A bit short of the G though (understatement)

@earlem9771

41w↑19

He made that up lol.
He probably could have done C-G-C-F though. That’s reasonable for anyone with decent sized hands

@thevywern

41w↑17

@@earlem9771 I dont see why C-G-C-E-G isn't possible if C-G-C-F is. Ive even seen people hit a C-G-C-F rather comfortably..

@earlem9771

41w↑26

@@thevywern maybe it is possible if you have the hands of Shaq

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@cheesebucketplaysgames6725

2y↑22.8K

C-F is impressive I can only reach and hit E

@emilykwok9262

2y↑1.2K

Yeah! Samee
C-E gang let's gooo

@stinkyboy

2y↑1.5K

I can only reach D 😔✋

@ribbbit572

2y↑260

@@stinkyboy same 😔🖐️

@ag_bubblez

2y↑314

@@stinkyboy Same, I have shortish fingers, which isn't nice for playing Moonlight Sonata. :)

@flmkrp2486

2y↑198

same C-E but just barely

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@heyitsahuva

2y↑6.4K

When I was born, the first thing my grandmother noticed about me was my fingers.
She said "that girl's gonna play Rachmaninoff someday".
She was right. :)

@saramerrell5238

1y↑95

I like this a lot❤😂

@a_diamond

1y↑152

I have arachnodactyly.. I should probably play piano xD

@123peachyscreams2

1y↑22

That is so cute

@infinitybagel8816

1y↑12

Jealous

@Hello-hello-hello456

1y↑72

@@a_diamond You should. But if there's no coordination between the fingers, it's just a bunch of long Spidey legs lol

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@galaxy_mira

30w↑19

Sometimes I look at a music sheet and I'm like "what... huh, guess I'll need to do this one with my toe then-"

@perpetual_insanity

1y↑100

My piano teacher always finds a way for my small child fingers to be able to stretch those god forsaken chords

@sparkly.7829

2y↑7.7K

i can barely reach C-C and i'm a pianist, IMAGINE SEEING THIS— 💀

@Arcenmh7718

2y↑179

Same🥲 I can only BARELY reach an octave

@eltea1

2y↑96

I must have have big hands cause i reach an easy octave and i'm 13

@Khyathi_Gnan

2y↑65

@@eltea1 I’m 13 too and my max is a perfect octave c-c

@Ghostyyy.21.

2y↑31

@@eltea1 bruh I'm 13 too but I can reach C - E

@roseishere_sunny

2y↑14

I can reach c-b just barely

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@PyroBlank

2y↑2.8K

Nah dude, Rachminoff had fingers on his abdomen and forearms

@lilaccilla

2y↑11

lol

@hellowne

2y↑8

Lol so true

@rachelraykar

2y↑70

mans jus sleeps on the piano to hit notes💀

@metal_lords_rules

Eugh

@sstanford1331

2y↑1

😂😂

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@maybee398

33w↑19

How your hand looks reaching C-F is how my hand looks just trying to reach an octave 🥲 small handed pianists unite

@blutoo1363

16w

Same for me for c-e. But how would these barely there extensions help during real playing?

@seynpurrp

15w

because you are a girl obviously

@IsaacHoweiner

43w↑7

An 11th jump is above average for even most concert pianists, whos maximum size of playable chord is a tenth

@marianandnorbert

28w

well I doubt he can play much of a chord with his fingers stretched that far

@aidenmclaughlin1076

1y↑1.6K

Liszt didn’t have fingers, he had tentacles instead

@erusseestelinya

51w↑28

Like Davy Jones on the organ 😂🐙

@charlesthomas5956

48w

@@erusseestelinya Omg LOL😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Blazingamer.

41w↑1

🤨

@4YUNJ1N

35w↑17

I readed that as testicles💀

@aidenmclaughlin1076

35w↑3

@@4YUNJ1N Real 😂😂😂

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@lauraa5032

2y↑4.1K

I've played over 25 years (most of my life) and can barely reach an octave. 😭

@achidupite3616

2y↑38

How

@nietzschesncream8833

2y↑357

Small hand problems! I’ve been playing for 20 years and can’t go any higher than a full octave

@achidupite3616

2y↑27

@@nietzschesncream8833 damn, i feel sorry for you.

@sofasogood7164

2y↑40

@@nietzschesncream8833 You know nowadays they make custom sized keys for every hand size, right?

@sofasogood7164

2y↑85

Just get a custom size keyboard with narrower keys and yo're good to go, takes a couple hours to re-adjust but you gain a lifetime free of stress and insecurity. ✌️

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@DementedBeast

39w↑17

I used to have great pianist hands. I had a 50° angle I could stretch my thumb to hit keys. I broke the left third of my right thumb and hand in half and I had to have it pinned down to the other bones to hold it in place and casted and I lost 10° and now my left hand is 50° my right hand is 40°. I wish it was the other way around so I could play melodies easier :/ you never truly realize the extent of how far you take certain things for granted, until they’re suddenly taken away. Even a measly 10° I had to completely re-teach myself how to play.

@sarahriley8989

26w

Same boat, different story. I lost more than 10° though in my right thumb. Can't do anything much now. Even handwriting is difficult. It's hard 💔

@kaitlyn__L

26w

Where is this angle measured from? The wrist? Between thumb knuckles?

…okay I think this is one of those things where having hitchhiker’s thumb is impeding my visualisation haha

@lolerie

22w

What you're not supposed to lose any Mobility like that...

@Avion1776

43w↑21

There are only two things I want as a pianist. Abnormally large hands and perfect pitch (I can only reach a ninth) :(

@Prophetic_Piano

23w↑2

I can barely just hit a tenth but it's such a beautiful voicing just so hit-and-miss when I play!

@seynpurrp

15w↑1

lifes not fair dude

@vanessawinkelmann7288

2y↑4.3K

My rather small piano teacher really eliminated all of my excuses when playing😭 "I can't play this it's to far apart" And she just casually plays it with a hand half the size of mine 😅

@samtian5940

1y↑69

HOW?????

@ahleenah

1y↑462

@@samtian5940 jumping in the speed of thousands of hours of practice

@BettyAlexandriaPride

1y↑228

@@samtian5940 You can also roll into parts that are too hard to reach, turning them into what are essentially grace notes. If you play them fast enough, they're hardly noticeable. This sometimes means starting slightly ahead of the beat in order to end up with your final note on the beat if you're rolling a chord or anything that's above an octave, such as a 13th. When I say roll, I mean taking your thumb and making a rounded motion with the rest of your hand until you reach the higher note. It's not quite the same as just jumping, but creates similar results. It's usually more effective if you need to play 3 or more notes.

Hope that helps.

@enriquemier639

1y↑92

i literally just looked up "i can't play this it's too far apart" song, and couldn't find any results. then i came back to this comment and realized how stupid i was being🤣

@kaikollas

1y↑11

@@BettyAlexandriaPride oh god 😭

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@Hello-sq3eh

1y↑3.4K

I’m missing a few fingertips, the doctor said when I was born “he’s not going to be a pianist but he’ll be fine” I now play rachmoninoff lol

@leftykop

1y↑70

Well no he didn’t

@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice

1y↑19

Nice!

@isaultra3405

1y↑58

I need to SEE that !!! 😀

@cent0r

1y↑44

I too play Rachmaninoff...on youtube

@isaultra3405

1y↑2

@@___HH___ go elsewhere to be mean. Begin with the mean person in your mirror, until you learn your lesson to be no a##h#le 😎

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@priyansinghchatrapati5025

43w↑4

I can't even reach the c-c 💀

@BontrasSnide

1y↑46

Now, see, my hands like to do this thing called bones, and bones normally prohibit me from existing near songs more complicated than Mary Had a Little Lamb. Absolutely wonderful when I want to play something. Such a joy.

@br-ken_rec-rd

1y↑2.2K

*tiny-handed pianists have left the chat*

@NaNa-re3wc

40w↑1

😂

@yuki.713

35w↑22

ikr,, i cannot even reach c-c

@Sholver

34w↑33

@@yuki.713damn, c-c is my limit

@liesbethdewild-vandam8923

34w↑2

@@Sholvertip play songs where you need to stretch your fingers

@Sholver

34w↑5

@@liesbethdewild-vandam8923 WTH bro 😭

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@llama9764

1y↑1.4K

as a baby-hands-C-C pianist, those rachmaninoff chords end up a lil jazzy

@ValkyRiver

1y↑42

Please try narrow keys, you’ll love it!

@charlesthomas5956

46w↑2

@@ValkyRiver Bruh you don't even give instructions of how to join PASK

@andreasdixi8997

16w↑1

A pianist once said: Well, don't worry I have the 11th finger

@sn0wii.__

22w↑2

bruh i’m a pianist and i can only go c-d 😭😭

@blakeblockblook5522

2y↑171

plot twist: rachmaninoff didnt have large hands, he had a small piano

@lijuanchen2643

1y↑1

True

@ValkyRiver

1y↑9

Around 70% of pianists are not playing on an instrument that fits their hands. The current standard fitted Liszt and Rachmaninoff.

@SRenee-dq8bl

32w↑1

- Agreed, in the letters written in Mozarts hand he's aware that his hand were "small" however, the clavier at that time was petite, not the pianos we have today so it wasn't an issue for him, so we who are octave challenged are in good company.!

@vilaskerezius6470

2y↑1.1K

Me as guitarist: alright lemme stretch up reaches hand from high E to low E

@svenmorgenstern9506

2y↑39

Which is why I never even attempted piano. Gimme dem strings! 🎸🎻🪕

@sqidybilly

1y↑10

Ez claps fr

@derpatel9760

1y↑5

Ez dubs

@metallsnubben

1y↑5

Allan Holdsworth has entered the chat

@infinitybagel8816

1y↑2

I don't know, that's a little wild

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@SenjuTsunadeDesu

21w↑3

I'm a pianist, but my hands are C-E max... My hands are too small.😅

@PhantomFish1

34w↑1

Not me, a PIANIST, barely able to reach one octave

@travo6805

2y↑602

I swear half of the piano memes I see on the internet are about Rachmaninoff’s hands

@etcetera1674

2y↑36

It's true. My hand span's 9 notes but my jumps are like the jumps of a disoriented tree frog. There's no way I can play Rachmaninoff in another 5 years.

@LucasMLopes26

2y↑10

Rachmaninoff's handspan was C-F (an 18th) or 2 octaves plus a fourth!

@ceilingfanenthusiast6041

1y↑5

Or the whole "I bought the whole piano so blah blah blah" about Litzt or Chopin.

@microitos9754

1y↑8

@@LucasMLopes26 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ physically impossible

@ValkyRiver

Narrow keys

@Devinzen

2y↑6.9K

Amateurs, I can reach C-G when I was a kid

...an octave below

@atomnj2007

2y↑30

555

@tarashi1162

2y↑30

nice growtopia pfp 👍

@namegoesfirstthenlastname1785

2y↑78

They got us in the first half ngl

@izukumidoriya641

2y↑12

bro the growtopia pfp in a top comment

@lucasfranetich455

2y↑3

A Can just do c-e. I have little hand?

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@theorigin8537

50w↑1

I think its because they use both their hands and slide along the chair as well as their hands sliding along the piano.

@larapositafriita1997

42w↑6

I’m a 5’1 pianist, C-A 😭

@lilbirdie1382

20w

I feel you 😭 I can reach an octave if I controt my hand to be on the side of they keys, on top I can get like a 6th max

@cremmy_crem621

1y↑500

meanwhile i can only reach an octave and barely a 9th 😭

@charlesthomas5956

45w↑10

Mozart has/had smaller hands than you so you're fine :-)

@katttttt

43w↑15

@@charlesthomas5956well, I've heard that they had a smaller size of the piano once, so Mozart could have used this but I'm not sure (btw manufacturers could easily adjust the size of the piano now, I'm often thinking this solution would be so easy lol)

@charlesthomas5956

43w

@@katttttt Yeah ik that

@tsv5838

34w↑1

Same 😂

@stewedtea

30w↑1

LMAO SAMEE

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@abigailcumbus5255

2y↑384

When you've been playing piano for years and your hands are only "normal" 😭

@luvluh

1y↑14

same im literally a guy and i struggle to reach one more than an octave like C-D

@kianvivo7938

1y↑1

@@luvluh how is this relatable? i can do that too

@keizee100

1y↑4

@@kianvivo7938 bro i'm just barely reaching an octave. small hands for a guy ;-;

@kianvivo7938

@@keizee100 its quite a surprise you have small hands, ive played piano for a year now and i can reach just about C - Eb, my hands are pretty big for an 11 yr old. My friends consider me as the 11 yr old Rachminaoff lol

@keizee100

1y↑1

@@kianvivo7938 wow, that's crazy impressive. Also, i realized something today after going up against the piano. If I simply lay my outstretched hands on the keys, I reach 9 keys (octave +1), but then I also realized that my 7 year old sister can play 7 keys, and reach 8 keys outstretched. She's 7... I'm 17... double her age ;-;

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@fortrangerscouts

1y↑3

Kid pianists like me can often barely stretch an octave.

@charlesthomas5956

48w↑1

I'm a kid pianist and i can barely reach a C-E (Im almost 11 and i can do that. Idk how)

@dancingpanda1361

2y↑619

I dont think it really depends on being a piano player or not, its just if you have big hands or tiny hands.

@dantat5713

2y↑34

For the most part yes but playing piano probs makes it easier to reach those intercals

@salandit7461

2y↑63

It’s both really. Playing the piano helps train your hands to stretch further, but of course it will always help to have big hands, I’ve been playing for years and I can only get as far as a 9th (from C to D)

@danijelgasparic3658

2y↑9

@@salandit7461 Totally agree, when I started I could barely do C-E and now after a few months I can do C-G

@salandit7461

2y↑6

@@danijelgasparic3658 that’s impressive man!

@nightmarefury9308

2y↑6

I've been playing for years and.....it was just genetics curse :). C-C here ( was always able to do so) and C-D is just grazing over D if...there aren't any notes in between to be played by the other fingers.

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@benjaminplays3696

2y↑278

Tom and Jerry in that one episode where Tom plays the piano be like:

@Fahad-21

1y↑1

I actually didn't even know that pianists are meant to reach more than an octave

@jenlfpotter3870

46w

Surely they must have to reach a lot more than an octave. Look at some of Tchaikovsky's piano music, especially piano concerto no. 1.

@bakburascokomelli4274

37w↑1

Playing piano since my little childhood really helped my hand flexibility. My hand is kinda bigger or normal to the other ones, but its super flexible that i can reach C-F normally, while my friends who have bigger hands cant.

@duckyinthejar7793

2y↑409

I have been playing piano for about 7 years and I can only reach from C - D (next octave)

@NINA-dj6cg

2y↑4

same😭

@gabriealamandal3544

2y↑2

Same

@s0ld877

2y↑27

No I thought the same octave

@crimsophi6786

2y↑1

same!

@hh9150

2y↑4

Me too, i have a short pinky :(

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@andreisupervloguri8058

2y↑115

The world needs smaller sized keyboards. It's the piano which needs to fit your hand, the piano is the instrument.

@gorkemyapar

1y↑13

There are some custom made pianos for small handed pianists to reach 9th and 10th notes but don't know where you can buy one :D if you really interested you should check it out

@ValkyRiver

1y↑13

Finally someone who realizes this! God bless Steinbuhler.

@SevdalijaDamir

1y↑6

The difficulty would be fitting the strings, hammers and tuning nuts. Reducing the size of these would completely change the sound from that of a piano to something that kinda reminds of a piano.

@ValkyRiver

1y↑14

@@SevdalijaDamir David Steinbuhler has found a way to fit a narrow keyboard to the strings of a normal sized piano. Only the action changes.

@mesajam4894

52w↑2

What is the meaning of learning all your repertoire on your tiny piano from home, and you can never replicate it on another piano because your hands are used to your home tiny piano. Would you take your piano with you everytime you want to play ? At a piano bar ? At music school ? This idea is kinda silly.

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@kristophernorris9795

14w↑1

That one Tom & Jerry episode 💀😭

@lasicoah.9209

2y↑1.4K

ima just say

it doesn’t matter how long you have been experienced with piano, it depends on how big your hands are, I’ve been playing for 6 years, and I can only go up to C#- Eb

@ladom6315

2y↑15

Exactly!

@Ghostyyy.21.

2y↑5

Can you play la campannella?

@jakecamilton7951

2y↑53

@@Ghostyyy.21. you ask it as if it the camapanella was easy😂

@Ghostyyy.21.

2y↑9

@@jakecamilton7951 Yeah, he said he has been playing for 6 years. And I have been playing for 6-7 months and I can play Turkish March, Fur Elise, starting of fantaise impromptu, and starting of la campannella

@TheDiamondN0Ob

2y↑29

@@Ghostyyy.21. try Chopin's etudes. Good way to train technique.

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@dodobird7274

2y↑77

C TO F?!?! I’m so jealous I can barely reach a C 😭

@SuNny-ej9st

Your height?

@ValkyRiver

Do you want to try playing on a smaller keyboard?

@selenarayne5477

43w↑1

bruhhh i hate the fact that i play piano and my hands don’t reach

@ieattoes26

51w↑3

Me crying in guitar trying to figure out who this guy is

@valentinvarisco1060

2y↑72

To reach a high note you don't only need big hands or long fingers, but having flexibility is a big factor

@VanNessy97

1y↑6

Same with playing guitar. The best players aren't the ones with the biggest hands or the longest fingers, it's the ones whose fingers are most flexible.

@AdelineCowgirl

1y↑8

Your reach is determined almost exclusively by the size of your hands. It makes no difference how flexible you are if your fingers aren't long enough to reach. Stretching might help you reach one more key, maybe two if you were extremely tight, but that's it. Flexibility will never help you play 12ths.

@ValkyRiver

1y↑3

@@AdelineCowgirl The only way to effectively increase your hand span is to play on a narrower keyboard

@Epic501

this is sadly simply not the case

@VanNessy97

@@Epic501 what is?

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@amberpasta9379

2y↑96

Rip I’ll never be able to do C-F I got tiny hands 😭

@keonscorner516

You can do an octave below

@ValkyRiver

Yes you will. Just play on a smaller keyboard :)

@catsinwonderland7473

42w↑2

this piano is bussing as hell

@adri_enne.

1y↑3

this is so real as a pianist JSKSKSKSK 😭😭😭

@guyandahalf7844

2y↑34

Haha the sound of the straw clicking at the end was also a C

@isaakvandaalen3899

1y↑1

Perfect pitch mfs be like

@hat_cbw6972

1y↑4

i feel like its closer to a b

perfect pitch gang on top

@guyandahalf7844

1y↑6

@@hat_cbw6972 yeah it’s somewhere between a C and a B

perfect pitch gang lmao

@puip.8717

2y↑94

Playing for over 10 years. Still, I can only reach c-c.

I wish my finger will be longer🥲.

@FranciszekSt

2y↑10

Don't give up.
Scriabin had troubles with 8ths, and he still was a great pianist !

@velotrex3.02

2y↑1

Take a pen

@jumpjack7141

Piano is about creativity like when you write a song you don't look at how big your hands are you capture your idea as an area do you know what I mean like when I was little I just pressed random notes which is not serious music then when I turned 6 I played serious music by capturing my idea as an area, and my mom got me someone to teach me.

@brickmanbroke4788

2y↑5

they should make smaller pianos for smaller hands so they fit. you don't see a runner wear a size 15 shoe when he's a size 10

@abcforkids2210

why longer

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@CabriSumida

27w↑1

Yup im a pianist hand, but also because i was a keyboard student, i still feel the pain from it

@jing-taizhao4350

38w↑1

Me, a pianist crying in barely reaching a ninth

@GippyHappy

2y↑88

I can tell you as someone who is just learning piano “normal hands” would be using both hands no matter how close the notes are together or all my fingers tangled in knots to hit the ungodly 3 different keys at once

@boop2829

1y↑42

Rachmaninov is terrifying. My orchestra teacher had us have multiple of his pieces written for string players, and me being a beginner, was terrified. It was great fun tho lol

@helio6839

51w↑2

As a pianist, I can confirm that I have piano hands

@xyrene7189

34w↑1

bro i have to struggle to even reach an octave 💀

@TransguyJayce

2y↑29

Who else went straight to their piano after watching this video to see how far they can reach?

@Just_lazuli

1y↑1

I was only able to reach do - re 😭

@folkert2938

@@Just_lazuli calling it "do re" kills my braincells

@Just_lazuli

1y↑1

@@folkert2938 Idk, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do sounds prettier than just using letters

@folkert2938

@@Just_lazuli I guess beginners call it that

@Just_lazuli

@@folkert2938 yeah, no, people who speak romance languages call it that. Not everything revolves around Germanic terms and systems

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@plohck2068

2y↑138

Bro I’ve been playing for 6-7 years and the most I can reach is a major 10

@matstan3515

2y↑9

I can barely reach a 9th :'(

@Boneappleteahee

2y↑5

I like your funni words magic man

@plohck2068

2y↑2

@@matstan3515 dang that’s tuff

@zh.6795

2y↑5

I've been playing for five and I don't even know what that means..

@matstan3515

@@zh.6795 Bruh

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@annazully2680

39w↑1

i consider myself a pianist but a 9th is already a STRETCH 😅

@plantsmarioyolo4946

1y↑2

As a pianist with small hands I can only go C-B

@ilyas9611

2y↑33

Rachmaninoff is the one man that people got inspiration from to create the legend of slenderman

@jadahwise

💀💀

@LRM12o8

51w↑1

and Edward Scissorhands

@cappuccino-1721

2y↑32

C to F!? I can’t even reach C to E and I’ve been playing piano for 5 years.

@lorenal3946

2y↑1

I can reach C to E and I'm 13

@ValkyRiver

Do you want to try playing on a narrow keyboard?

@cappuccino-1721

@@ValkyRiver that’s a really good idea! Right now I cannot afford another a new keyboard, but eventually, I will definitely get a custom synth that’s narrower. Also, I don’t have time to practice as much as I should be.

@samkedwards2032

1y↑1

I thought for a long time I couldn’t stretch my hands and was so confused by it, especially as I have pretty large hands. Once I found a new technique of stretching them and also realised it was about the technique it was a game changer.

@charlesthomas5956

46w↑1

If you can barely reach a 10th or more. You're the main character

@roeitz

27w

I can reach 9ths

@Sylkis89

1y↑17

Guitarists can relate lol

@aBunnyThatWillChewOnYourCables

2y↑42

My hands are so tiny I can only cover one octave if I stretch my hand a lot.
It hurts to play a lot of my favourite pieces on piano :(
It's a shame that manufacturers abandoned pianos with small keys (that's how pianos used to actually be built as they were geared towards women back in the day). One day, Liszt came along with his massive hands and Steinway decided to make all pianos with larger keys. The rest of the manufacturers followed.

As with a lot of things in our world (just like with smartphones etc), pianos are geared solely towards the male anatomy because apparently 50% of the world doesn't have a very different build to the males...

@ValkyRiver

1y↑1

That’s why I pray to David Steinbuhler.

@isnana27

1y↑2

where can i find more about this?

@ArcanineEspeon

1y↑2

Smaller keys! That sounds like a great idea! I wish I'd thought of it myself.

@MaximumMuscleIA

11w↑1

When you end up going through C-X without having reach💨💀

@pottah2001

42w↑1

The last one is caled ✨how my music teacher wantd to have my hands✨

@pratibhakabra688

2y↑22

Some wide chords that are in rachmaninoff pieces are supposed to be played after with the sustain pedal so that it sounds like a complete chord.

@relampagoxd1500

2y↑38

Truly underrated. I must agree with ranmsa

@demonsoldier8066

49w↑2

As a small handed pianist, I can only reach an octave.

@SRenee-dq8bl

32w

- Don't feel bad honey, Mozart in his letters also had "small hands" of course the clavier had much smaller keys than our modern day pianos do, I too am octave challenged, we're all in great company though.!

@Mraigcoogsley

37w↑1

This is why the sustain pedal is my boyfriend.

@ricksanchez147

2y↑11

I’m already stretching my luck on the A-B in Moonlight Sonata. 😏

@ValkyRiver

You probably want to try a narrow keyboard?

@ValkyRiver

1y↑1

@@sommerwillis5648 you can play over an octave on a narrower keyboard

@mactrololo7326

1y↑8

Rachmaninoff’s been real quiet since Tom became a pianist.

@ignajara

22w

my hands are big and i can barely reach c - e. Your hands are just GIGANTIC

@Tommika83

1y↑1

Me flexing my C-G range to tiny handed pianists

@Music_musescore2

29w↑1

The hands are much bigger than mine. My fingers can reach 9 degrees.

@ThePowerOfTwo.

1y↑5

as someone with big hands and is a pianist, i can confirm that is what my pinky finger looks like

@GiveMeChocolate2308

1y↑4

The only struggle in Liebestraum for me is my "normal" hands lol

@abmr4047

12w

Rachmaninoff’s hands are GIGANTIC!

@AvaRoseRosie

27w

Omg love this video❤ And the “deedeedeedee,Im cute!” made me laugh, God bless u Kathryn!

@sunnydays8637

2y↑7

When I first started playing the piano, I could barely play an octave. Now my hand span reaches nine and was quite happy until I saw what a normal pianist's hand could reach 🧐 OMG 😂

@Fanchen

2y↑6

I guess I’m a normal person and not a pianist

@sirleviatandoom

the trick is precision in the attack range.

@CorneliusCornbread3

29w↑1

bro i remember being in elementary when c-c was a stretch 😂

@evyataravidan

2y↑4

Hot take: your hands don’t become magically larger when you learn the piano.

@jacobygrove2202

1y↑1

They don't become magically longer but they become much more flexible and strong and can reach farther with less difficulty

@ValkyRiver

Do you want to try playing on a narrow keyboard?

@softcloudx7240

2y↑11

bro my hands are small and i can hardly make it c-c 😭

@ValkyRiver

Do you want to try playing on a narrow keyboard?

@davidbosch5079

1y↑2

Average person: C-C/D average pianist: C-D/E Rachmaninoff: C-A

@johnb6723

32w

Liszt C - upper B flat (aug. 13th).

@Its_taylorNguyen

37w↑2

i can only reach until D

@GavinLiuranium

1y↑12

As a pianist who can stretch maximum to a minor tenth, I accept defeat

@ValkyRiver

Try a narrower keyboard

@rmartin7558

45w↑1

You know what they say? Long fingers, large pianist.

@sadboi6343

2y↑49

Hands can’t grow from piano or violin it’s just genetics lol

@nightmarefury9308

2y↑6

Idk about the people in the comments but for sure mine didn't grow at all. My non musician friends and I have the same size and that too their fingers r longer and palms smaller. My palms r larger and fingers shorter.

@amdonswartzendruber5163

2y↑9

It’s not that they “grow” in terms of size, it’s just that the more you play, the more flexible your fingers become, and the easier those intervals seem

@heatherthedutch-american1481

Yup just get more flexible. I can do finger splits😁

@algrayson8965

2y↑2

@@amdonswartzendruber5163 Just don't play too much each day. You can overdo it, not giving your hands time to rest and recover. Take good care of your hands and forearms especially.

@amdonswartzendruber5163

2y↑1

@@algrayson8965 It’s just like any exercise, and I absolutely agree that you can overdo it, and should take precautions not to. I was only saying that, like any exercise, the more you do it, the easier it becomes

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@vv_gumlx6363

21w↑1

not me with small hands struggling going from c-c

@kdevlogs5550

52w

my tiny ass hands have to go pianist mode to reach an octave

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