Brian Elliott wrote:

> Being an organ piece explains the "third hand".  Organs have a foot 
> pedal keyboard for bass notes.  That is the third line that Andy can't 
> play.

Thank God the bassline is pretty simple...!

> There's a Gershwin Prelude that I learnt to play once, that is also full 
> of 10th intervals - typically C#-to-E.  As Halbert said, if your hand is 
> too small for the interval (as mine is) roll across the two notes from 
> low to high.  With a lot of parctice on long intervals, your hand will 
> eventually stretch further than it can now.

This thing has an interval from C to E. Specifically, it has this part 
that goes

Eb G Bb Db
D G Bb D
C G Bb E

On reaching the final chord, my hand was in pain! >_< I mean, it 
*sounds* amazing, but a 10th interval with a black note in the middle? Ouch.

I mean, I *can* play it, but it's not very comfortable.

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