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I am trying to play the accompaniement of a song but the last two bars seems impossible to me. I can reach an octave with each hand and no more. I don't think I should maintain the pedal either because otherwise the quarter notes get too long. What should I do?

Thanks in advance!

Answer: 
You have two options: ignore the quarter notes being too long and use the pedal, or don't use the pedal and let the octave Gs stop sounding immediately. Of course, there's actually a third option, which is to release the pedal sometime after the second beat, and this is probably what you'll do.

Whether you hold the pedal past the third beat will depend on your piano and probably to some extent on your soloist and the room in which you are playing. Decide when to release the pedal after experimenting enough that you can form an opinion about *what sounds best.*
Pedal, or middle pedal if you have one or half pedal to hold the bass and take the alto into the left hand. The pedal is not that problematic, as these notes are legato anyway.