🎹 The Charleston Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding hurtling at breathtaking speed, this piece is lonely and open, carrying the silence of a world that has gone quiet — with many voices weaving in and out, maintaining a consistent and focused emotional level throughout.
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👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
17
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
97htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
57
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
2,727
Total Notes
45%
Interleaved
5.8
Avg N/Beat
9
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
45% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
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Note Density per Beat
20/30
Busiest beats: 9 notes/beat (avg 5.8) - dense passages
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Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
9 ornamental notes (0.3%) - no significant ornamentation
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Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: G3–G7 (48 st) | Left: D1–A#4 (44 st)
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Largest Interval Leap
10/10
39 st (3Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
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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
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | D1 |
| Highest | A#4 |
| Span | 44 st (3Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 1,197 |
| Widest leap | 39 st F4→D1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | G3 |
| Highest | G7 |
| Span | 48 st (4 Oct) |
| Notes | 1,530 |
| Widest leap | 33 st D7→F4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 20 semitones (1Oct+m6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.8 notes · 316 chords
⚠️ 12 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 16 semitones (1Oct+M3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 463 chords
⚠️ 21 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
2%
Repeated
Only 2 of 118 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 15–16
Hardest
📍 Measures 108–109
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 111–112
3rd hardest