I can't reach this far!
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I can't reach this far!
Hi there! I'm new here and somewhat of a beginner (and I thank Andrew dearly for the lessons on youtube, you have no idea how thankful I am to finally begin and learn to play on the piano. Seriously. I've been messing around on the piano since I was born, and now I can actually read and play some basic music on my own) and while I was reading my favorite song, I stumbled upon a problem. Here's a bit of the sheet music I'm trying to learn: 
See the Bass clef? I read it as E-B-G. I put my fingers to the keys. I looked at the sheet music again. I looked back down to my fingers. I can't reach them all at the same time! I know I've got pretty long fingers, but man, that's a stretch even for me! Even though there's a pause in the Treble clef at the time, I know that later in the song I need both hands to play both the melody and harmony. Is there a trick to doing this? Am I reading it wrong?
I can't watch anymore lessons on youtube which makes me sad. We have satellite internet at our house, which means that the more bandwidth we use, the more likely a chance the internet company will limit our usage and eventually penalty us for using too much. Long story short, I can't download or stream any videos. Help a confused girl out?
Thanks in advance and nice to meet you all!

See the Bass clef? I read it as E-B-G. I put my fingers to the keys. I looked at the sheet music again. I looked back down to my fingers. I can't reach them all at the same time! I know I've got pretty long fingers, but man, that's a stretch even for me! Even though there's a pause in the Treble clef at the time, I know that later in the song I need both hands to play both the melody and harmony. Is there a trick to doing this? Am I reading it wrong?
I can't watch anymore lessons on youtube which makes me sad. We have satellite internet at our house, which means that the more bandwidth we use, the more likely a chance the internet company will limit our usage and eventually penalty us for using too much. Long story short, I can't download or stream any videos. Help a confused girl out?
Thanks in advance and nice to meet you all!
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Re: I can't reach this far!

See that squiggly little line going up the big chords? that means you need to roll the chord to play all the notes



Take care!
Andrew
Re: I can't reach this far!
Oh, that makes sense! Here I thought that squiggly was just a fancy pause sign, silly me XD. Unfortunately I can't check out anymore lessons for a while until the internet stops hating me, but I'll keep practicing until I can! Thanks!
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