David Baay Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 5 hours ago, msmcleod said: An octave plus one, although doable is uncomfortable and I can't do it with any reasonable velocity. I do it regularly; a lot of my compositions lately are using it - sometimes including the second above the low note in which case I'm hitting both with my thumb which shortens the distance. But I can do the 9th by itself pretty easily with the same span. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveStrummerUK Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Bapu said: My left plummy hand is 9.5" How vile 🙄 I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 Sheesh, you guys are all giants. We may have to switch the conversation to gut diameters so I don't feel like such a dwarf. I remember reading about a guy who had 6 fingers on each hand. Somebody wrote a piece specifically for him that literally no one else in the world could play. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, bitflipper said: Sheesh, you guys are all giants. We may have to switch the conversation to gut diameters so I don't feel like such a dwarf. I remember reading about a guy who had 6 fingers on each hand. Somebody wrote a piece specifically for him that literally no one else in the world could play. Indeed! Here he is. Has a bit of a Bapu look to him, doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, craigb said: Has a bit of a Bapu look to him, doesn't he? Well...... I guess in the sense that he does have a significant surplus of things that aren't really needed. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I hear that extra finger is an Alembic... 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Bodily facts........ It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach. One human hair can support 6.6 pounds. The average man’s pen is is two times the length of his thumb. Human thighbones are stronger than concrete. A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet. Women blink twice as often as men. The average person’s skin weighs twice as much as the brain. Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still. If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it. Women will be finished reading this by now. Men are still busy checking their thumbs. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, paulo said: Bodily facts........ It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach. One human hair can support 6.6 pounds. The average man’s pen is is two times the length of his thumb. Human thighbones are stronger than concrete. A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet. Women blink twice as often as men. The average person’s skin weighs twice as much as the brain. Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still. If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it. Women will be finished reading this by now. Men are still busy checking their thumbs. Oh fine. This will probably get the thread removed now! 😆 (You forgot to add that the only thing you're supposed to put in your ears are your elbows.) 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 14 hours ago, craigb said: Ok, that IS weird! While my right hand is a 1/16th less than 9.5", my left hand is about 10". Never knew that! LOL, I had the same reaction initially! Even got paranoid and made sure they are the same size. For guitarists, the fret hand also has stronger muscles to spread the fingers, while the other just holds the pick. Not much use on the piano for right-handed players though, since the right hand does more work most often on the keys. Maybe guitarists who play left-handed can put it to use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWS Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 8 hours ago, paulo said: One human hair can support 6.6 pounds. Wait, that doesn't sound right....hold it....what kind of human hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 10 hours ago, craigb said: (You forgot to add that the only thing you're supposed to put in your ears are your elbows.) ahem, nothing smaller than an elbow haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 13 hours ago, paulo said: One human hair can support 6.6 pounds. 5 hours ago, RobertWS said: Wait, that doesn't sound right....hold it....what kind of human hair? I reckon any kind of human hair cold support this... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, msmcleod said: I reckon any kind of human hair cold support this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 5 hours ago, RobertWS said: Wait, that doesn't sound right....hold it....what kind of human hair? Nose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveStrummerUK Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I measure everything in centimetres these days ... ... everything just seems a bit longer that way 🥺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Right. When they ask me how long is my "finger span", I can say 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just realized my right and left hands don't match. Left is 7.5", right hand is 8". That might explain why it's hard to find gloves that fit. Makes sense, I guess, given the superior work ethic of the right hand. It does everything, from scrubbing pans to pruning roses. I am, however, impressively ambidextrous when it comes to nose-detritus removal. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 No measuring tape handy at the moment. I have average sized hands and when I play they look like claws. The product of not enough piano lessons. I can see larger hands as a disadvantage since it mostly depends on where you need those fingers to be. Smaller = more efficient. Less mass means more speed. This is why the giants all have mostly died off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Tim Smith said: ......Smaller = more efficient. Less mass means more speed. This is why the giants all have mostly died off. Or not enough raw fried becan to keep them fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Slow reflexes and big hands, fast reflexes with small hands or everything in between. Bacon grease tends to make the keys slippery. Nothing worse than hogging the keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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