🎹 Clown Piano

Words And Music By Shahid Khan, Emeli Sand? & Grant Mitschell· Advanced· 1,295 notes· Tempo 64 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
August and commanding, like a slow procession under open skies, this piece moves unhurried and deliberate with many voices weaving in and out, maintaining a consistent and focused emotional level throughout.
Major Slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands 🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ 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
54 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,295
Total Notes
31%
Interleaved
5.89
Avg N/Beat
1
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
31% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 20/30
Busiest beats: 10 notes/beat (avg 5.89) - dense passages
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
1 ornamental notes (0.1%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: F#3–E5 (22 st) | Left: B0–E5 (53 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
46 st (3Oct+m7) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
Avg velocity 80/127  ·  Spread 0  ·  Range 80–80
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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
LowestF#3
HighestE5
Span22 st (1Oct+m7)
Notes348
Widest leap12 st  G4→G3
🤚 Left Hand
LowestB0
HighestE5
Span53 st (4Oct+P4)
Notes947
Widest leap46 st  C5→D1
🖐 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: 46 semitones (3Oct+m7)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.1 notes  ·  214 chords
⚠️ 144 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 2 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 2 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 4 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
26%
Repeated
Only 15 of 58 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 19–20
Hardest
📍 Measures 35–36
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 55–56
3rd hardest