🎹 Mary's Boy Child (Reggae Version, Flute,Violin)

Jester Hairston· Advanced· 1,569 notes· Tempo 90 BPM· 5,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Tranquil and unhurried, like a slow river through green meadows, this piece moves balanced between urgency and calm layered with activity that rewards close listening, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Major Moderate tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
11
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
67htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
44 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,569
Total Notes
11%
Interleaved
5.45
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 4/25
11% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
Note Density per Beat 20/30
Busiest beats: 9 notes/beat (avg 5.45) - dense passages
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: E4–C6 (20 st) | Left: F1–F5 (48 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
39 st (3Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
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Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 75/127  ·  Spread 47  ·  Range 49–96
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🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand) Lower dot = LH (Left Hand) White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
📐 Note Range per Hand  ·  Sheet Preview
🖐 Right Hand
LowestE4
HighestC6
Span20 st (1Oct+m6)
Notes256
Widest leap14 st  G4→A5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestF1
HighestF5
Span48 st (4 Oct)
Notes1,313
Widest leap39 st  G1→A#4
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes  ·  0 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 40 semitones (3Oct+M3)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.3 notes  ·  347 chords
⚠️ 245 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 3 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. Moderate scale work — thumb crossings appear in key passages.
🖐 RH: 3 runs · longest 6 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
12%
Repeated
Only 9 of 74 bars repeat — this piece is largely through-composed with mostly unique material throughout.
Repeated bar Unique bar
🎯 Suggested Practice Passages ?Each "passage" is 2 consecutive measures (ô nhịp). The algorithm scores every passage by note density and interval leaps, then picks the 3 hardest for focused practice.
The hardest passages in this piece — spend extra time here before running the full piece.
📍 Measures 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 60–61
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 67–68
3rd hardest