Does anyone make keyboard instruments with narrower keys so people with smaller hands can play octave and ninth or tenth chords?
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Roger Kovaciny
ANSWERS: 3
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I don't know about official pianos, but usually keyboards are a bit smaller as it is and I know that there are ones if you're not looking for exactly like a piano that are good that are just smaller due to the size limitations they have put on the product.
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An octave on a standard keyboard is 6 1/2 inches. All digital pianos I've ever seen have the standard key size except the toy type ones. I've never met anyone who could not play an octave, which is only 6 1/2 inches on a piano. Even children can do it except maybe a 3 or 4 year old. To play beyond an octave is rare in keyboard music, even classical (except most advanced) and not essential to learn to play piano. Learning to play an octave IS essential, but not a 9th or beyond. I strongly recommend a standard size keyboard even if the player can not reach a 9th. If they can't reach an octave, the only choice I know of is a toy keyboard, but I would only suggest a toy keyboard to a very young child (age 2,3) and switch to a standard size as soon as they can.
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I have the same problem, I play a piece where the whole left hand plays rapid changes up and down the octave and I have a 7inch finger span so afterwards it's absolute agony in my hand and wrist !
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