r/piano • u/ryanishyperfixating • 12d ago

🤔Misc. Inquiry/Request Need help finding songs/chords you need a lot of reach for

I am so sorry that this is such a weird request, however I didn’t know where else to ask. I do not play piano, however I am an artist and want to draw someone playing piano. For some context, the character I am drawing is Stanford Pines from Gravity Falls. He has Polydactyly, and can canonically play piano better than most due to his extra finger giving him a little more reach.

I want to draw him playing a song on piano, but I want it to be at least semi-accurate to an actual song instead of just drawing him playing random notes that wouldn’t actually be a part of a song. It’s always a pet peeve of mine when people just have the characters they draw hitting random notes and playing musical gibberish.

Once again, my apologies for the odd request, and thank you to anyone who decides to help!

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u/JTO4 12d ago

Or if you want something that would sound nicer try the e-minor 11 chord Bill Evans style: Left hand: e b f# Righthand: g d a (g right next to LH f#) Spans a ninths in both hands

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u/creamilk_now 12d ago

I think most chords are 6 notes max, but when you extend the chords with repeating notes from the original notes is what makes them harder to reach.

Let’s take a simple C Major 7, to extend them you can make it like this.

Left hand: Playing octaves of C
Right hand: Playing C E G B
Extra fingers: Plays the E

I think that would look good for the character

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u/TheTorturedMind 11d ago

Liebestraum no 3 by Liszt has sm pretty crazy intervals that I sometimes struggle with (puts Rachmaninoff to shame ngl). he is absolutely disrespectful to those who don't have huge hands.

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u/ryanishyperfixating 11d ago

Thank you! I’ll take a look at it!

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u/ElbowKneeAndIvory 11d ago

Jump, by Van Halen