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How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 6:58 am
by 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.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 7:50 am
by MrBadGuy
My hands are like, perfect size.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 8:26 am
by incognito
my fingers are particularly long, especially one :fuck:

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 9:07 am
by Adsolution
But neither of you have a ruler?

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 9:15 am
by Cairnie
18.5 so like a whole centimetre bigger than the average female hand and definitely not a yaoi hand.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 9:43 am
by incognito
Adsolution wrote:But neither of you have a ruler?

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Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 11:53 am
by Master
Hmm, so we're measuring like so:
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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.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 4:43 pm
by incognito
and im a lot younger than ya...

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 6:50 pm
by MrBadGuy
Adsolution wrote:But neither of you have a ruler?
Why would I have a ruler?

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 7:23 pm
by Adsolution
incognito wrote:and im a lot younger than ya...
Your hands stay roughly the same size from the age of twelve, sorry to disappoint you.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 7:26 pm
by Master
Still, a handspan of 25cm is quite impressive, no wonder you're as productive as you are.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 7:46 pm
by Rulez
Adsolution wrote:
incognito wrote:and im a lot younger than ya...
Your hands stay roughly the same size from the age of twelve, sorry to disappoint you.
fUCK

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 12:06 am
by Adsolution
Master wrote: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.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 12:10 am
by Master
Hmm, I see. I guess motivation comes into it as well, not like productivity comes by itself.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:35 pm
by Spanex
My ruler is too short but my hands are around 17-18cm so it's average.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 5:00 pm
by spiraldoor
24 centimeters.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 5:04 pm
by PluMGMK
SI: 0.235 m :mrgreen:
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. :shock:

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 7:33 pm
by Adsolution
spiraldoor wrote:24 centimeters.
I knew it! The facepalm picture was right.
PluMGMK wrote:23.5 centimetres
Maybe it's an Irish thing.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 7:51 pm
by Disionity
My hand size rests at around 20cm.

Re: How large are your hands?

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 2:33 pm
by spiraldoor
PluMGMK wrote:For this, I discovered that online rulers exist, and that websites are able to read my screen dimensions without my browser asking permission first. :shock:
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.
Adsolution wrote: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.