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I'm a girl so I can't stretch an octave, most girls can't but I've seen a few who can..girls, how many keys can you stretch? - Sally
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I can almost stretch to about nine and a half. Not very impressive, but oh well.
Pieces that I am currently working on:
Moonlight Sonata
Fur Elise
Piano Concerto #1 (Tchaikovsky)
Rhapsodie (Maxwell Eckstein)
Nocturne #20 in C-Sharp Minor (Chopin)
Maple Leaf Rag
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"Work hard and strive to reach the power of bland"
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can stretch 8 comfortably...and 9 with some strainining.
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does it have to do with height as well though? I am nearly 5'9" so pretty tall for a chick, stands to reason that I would have larger hands than a chick who is only 5 feet tall
(unless she is one of those four foot people with giant hands I was talking about in the "how tall are you?" thread)
"Work hard and strive to reach the power of bland"
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I can make an octave (I'm 5'5" tall for what it's worth), but only on the edges of the keys and probably not the best form. As time passes, however, I am finding that the stretch progressively, albeit very slowly, becomes more comfortable. There has been some discussion on hand size here. If you run a search in the forums, you will find some help for dealing with or improving your stretch.
Tina
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PerformingYak,
You are 5'9'' and can stretch 11 notes? I am 5'7'' but can only manage 8 :s. My hands are small then. :p
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5'1". I can do 9 pretty easily. My hands aren't particularly large but I've made an effort to increase my stretch, and I play several pieces with octave sections. That's helped a lot too.
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maybe I'm just stretchy:)
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A 12th if I stretch, but I'm 15 and my hands are still growing. You just need to stretch your hands often and your span will increase.
But just don't do a Scriabin and wreak your hands!
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I get complaints from students that if they don't do the stretching exercises or practice for a few days, they have to do so to achieve their usual stretch.
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Well, I'm 5'3".
Just as LSW said, I also can stretch 8 comfortably and 9 with some strainining.
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Muzzz, you must be one big girl! 
It don't mean a ting if it don't have dat swing
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1 octave...if you can't stretch an octave then do finger exercises and learn pieces that are not in your comfort space, that's what i do
Mastering:Chopin Etudes op.10 nos.8&12 and op.25 no.1, Chopin Scherzo no.4 in E major op.54, Mozart Sonata in B flat major K.333& Khachaturian Toccata
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I can almost do a 10 comfortably, but it usually takes some strain.
The clown is watching you.
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I'm a guy, at 5 foot 9 (doesn't really count I know) and I can stretch from a C to the next E, but at that, I'm basically hitting other notes around it because my hands so low to the keyboard. Comfortably I can stretch from a C to the next D
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I have small hands so i can do an octave with a little bit of straining...
remember: Life is like a roll of toilet paper
the closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes...
so have fun, think "good thoughts" only,
learn to laugh at yourself, and "Count your blessings"!!!!!!!
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I'm a 5' woman, can stretch an octave (oh how I'd love to stretch a 10th). I confess I hadn't realised it was a problem for anyone who wasn't smaller than myself. I think it would drive me crazy not being able to... ~Hazel www.hazelquinn.com
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I can stretch up to a minor tenth.
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I can reach an octave, it's there but it's a STRETCH.
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