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The Robot Hunter 02-09-2009 05:25 PM

Rachmaninov had BIG HANDS
 
So I can't post links to other websites yet, but go to youtube and search for "Rachmaninov had big hands" and watch the first video, hilarious!

khfreek 02-09-2009 07:03 PM


mannny 02-09-2009 07:44 PM

HAHA. Wow that insanely long one towards the end seems humanly impossible.

I've heard that Rachmaninoff used to practice with corks between his fingers to stretch them out for those chords with the huge ranges.

The Robot Hunter 02-09-2009 08:25 PM

Thank you khfreek.
Yea my ex-girlfriend who had small hands played some rachmaninov and she had to roll the chords, there was no way she could play all the notes at once.

Akira 02-09-2009 08:26 PM

She shouldn't attempt any Liszt then

The Robot Hunter 02-09-2009 09:06 PM

Actually she did play un sospiro by Liszt... really poorly... She was a real bitch... and bad at piano.

mannny 02-09-2009 09:17 PM

Hahaha, that is one of my favorite Liszt pieces. She doesn't deserve to play it!

The Robot Hunter 02-09-2009 09:19 PM

I know! It's actually my favorite piano piece

elvi 02-11-2009 06:31 AM

I remember the day i could finally stretch further than an octave, it felt like such an achievement!

jakub 04-16-2010 11:45 AM

haaha.. very funny video! I think Russians have big hands. My is only octave, maybe i can stretch to ninth:)


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