Do you need big hands to play Liszt?
Liszt did not have particularly large hands. Um, Liszt could play 12ths. I used to think I had large hands (I can only comfortably play 9ths). I seldom have shook the hands of anyone larger than mine but around here they seem to be considered very small.
Is Liszt etudes harder than Chopin?
Liszt’s ones ( Trascendental études ), they are more challenging and much more technical demanding than Chopin’s ones. For example, Liszt’s trascendental étude nº5 “Feux Follets” is one of the hardest pieces ever wrote for piano.
Can you play Liszt with small hands?
So how does the pianist with smaller hands manage works by Liszt or Rachmaninoff? “It’s important that pianists with small hands learn to avoid tension, to minimise stretch when it’s not needed, and work around awkward movements – perhaps revoicing a chord on occasions.
Who has bigger hands Liszt or Rachmaninoff?
Some claim that Liszt’s hands were not in the realms of Rachmaninov’s but could easily stretch a tenth (C to the E an octave above for example), others that they were larger. Where the greater interest is contained is not the fact that Liszt’s hands were larger than average but the way his hands were formed.
Is Liszt a good pianist?
Franz Liszt was the greatest piano virtuoso of his time. He was the first to give complete solo recitals as a pianist. He was a composer of enormous originality, extending harmonic language and anticipating the atonal music of the 20th century. He invented the symphonic poem for orchestra.
Can I play Rachmaninoff with small hands?
The are plenty of rachmaninoff pieces that doesn’t require big hands. I have small hands, about same size as you but i’ve played lots of rachmaninoff. If you can span an octave chord with 4 or 5 fingers you can play the major repertoiere of rachmaninoff, just rest when the hand hurts…. risk no injury.