🎹 ICARUS Piano

Arr.: Dave· Advanced· 1,736 notes· Tempo 57 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
This piece is melancholic and introspective, carrying quiet sadness like rain on glass, moving as if time itself has thickened, confident and settled in its volume, steady in its expressive intensity from start to finish.
Minor Very slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students ✋ Average Hand Size 🎤 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

1,736
Total Notes
29%
Interleaved
5.77
Avg N/Beat
2
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
29% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 20/30
Busiest beats: 8 notes/beat (avg 5.77) - dense passages
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
2 ornamental notes (0.1%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: G3–C8 (53 st) | Left: C2–C5 (36 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
29 st (2Oct+P4) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 81/127  ·  Spread 47  ·  Range 49–96
pppmpmfffffff
🎹 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
LowestG3
HighestC8
Span53 st (4Oct+P4)
Notes763
Widest leap29 st  G6→D4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC2
HighestC5
Span36 st (3 Oct)
Notes973
Widest leap24 st  D#4→D#2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.1 notes  ·  159 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes  ·  8 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing. A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 1 runs · longest 12 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
14%
Repeated
Only 11 of 78 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 14–15
Hardest
📍 Measures 39–40
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 62–63
3rd hardest