How large are your hands?

[Adsolution]

The average hand span is around 17.5 cm for females, and around 20 cm for males. To measure yours, all you have to do is spread your hand out as wide as you can, take a ruler and measure from the tip of your pinky to the tip of your thumb. No inches please, even you Americans have centimetres on your rulers!

I'm lucky to have a hand span of 25 cm, it really helps to strike out large chords and arpeggios on the piano with ease and minimal movement, and play a lot of Rachmaninoff with the original fingerings.

[MrBadGuy]

My hands are like, perfect size.

[incognito]

my fingers are particularly long, especially one

[Adsolution]

But neither of you have a ruler?

[Cairnie]

18.5 so like a whole centimetre bigger than the average female hand and definitely not a yaoi hand.

[incognito]

But neither of you have a ruler?

22

[Master]

Hmm, so we're measuring like so:


Not our finger lengths, but how far we can stretch them. Let see if I can find a ruler then...

Edit: At its widest, I'm a 22cm.

[incognito]

and im a lot younger than ya...

[MrBadGuy]

But neither of you have a ruler?

Why would I have a ruler?

[Adsolution]

and im a lot younger than ya...

Your hands stay roughly the same size from the age of twelve, sorry to disappoint you.

[Master]

Still, a handspan of 25cm is quite impressive, no wonder you're as productive as you are.

[Rulez]

and im a lot younger than ya...

Your hands stay roughly the same size from the age of twelve, sorry to disappoint you.

fUCK

[Adsolution]

Still, a handspan of 25cm is quite impressive, no wonder you're as productive as you are.

Er, well, if I had to attribute it to being productive, I'd say that it's at the very most inspiring to me to practice more. Experience trumps hand size any day, the size is just a nice bonus that allows you to do a few extra tricks. While the one with the biggest hands could be the best player, you'll only be the best if you're as good as the best already out there.

[Master]

Hmm, I see. I guess motivation comes into it as well, not like productivity comes by itself.

[Spanex]

My ruler is too short but my hands are around 17-18cm so it's average.

[spiraldoor]

24 centimeters.

[PluMGMK]

SI: 0.235 m
cgs: 23.5 centimetres

For this, I discovered that online rulers exist, and that websites are able to read my screen dimensions without my browser asking permission first.

[Adsolution]

24 centimeters.

I knew it! The facepalm picture was right.

23.5 centimetres

Maybe it's an Irish thing.

[Disionity]

My hand size rests at around 20cm.

[spiraldoor]

For this, I discovered that online rulers exist, and that websites are able to read my screen dimensions without my browser asking permission first.

My earlier measurement was carried out awkwardly with a 20cm ruler. I guess I must have fumbled it, because according to this one my hand span is 25 centimeters as well.

Maybe it's an Irish thing.

Definitely not. I only know about three or four people with hands as big as mine. Most of my friends have stumpy little fingers. I don't know how they manage.