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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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10. 80% Of Kids, Too

Reply to niyad (Reply #4)

Mon May 13, 2024, 02:41 PM

May 2024

That's why a piano teacher would have to be a sadist to make an 8 year old learn ragtime or stride piano.
The span of my hand is why I couldn't learn this song until I was 13 or 14. There was no way to play that left hand part until I was bigger.

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reduced size keyboards. updated [View all] mopinko May 2024 OP

Signed. Best of luck Hekate May 2024 #1

ty. mopinko May 2024 #2

How interesting. I signed the petition. 3catwoman3 May 2024 #3

Signed! May it help! niyad May 2024 #4

the few pro women i see have big paddles for hands. mopinko May 2024 #5

80% Of Kids, Too ProfessorGAC May 2024 #10

Fascinating! and signed! .... electric_blue68 May 2024 #6

they have half and 3/4 strings 4 suzuki. which is y this is ridiculous. mopinko May 2024 #7

suzuki? electric_blue68 May 2024 #8

music lessons for kids. mopinko May 2024 #9

Yep! ProfessorGAC May 2024 #11