🎹 Prelude in C♯ minor, Op. 3 No. 2 - Rachmaninov
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding unfolding with agonizing patience, this piece is sharp and nervous, full of unresolved questions pressing for answers — dense as a forest, every layer occupied, swinging dramatically between extremes of loud and soft.
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 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
64
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
1,717
Total Notes
37%
Interleaved
7.63
Avg N/Beat
2
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
37% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
30/30
Busiest beats: 12 notes/beat (avg 7.63) - extremely dense
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
2 ornamental notes (0.1%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: C#3–B6 (46 st) | Left: C#1–G#5 (55 st)
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Largest Interval Leap
10/10
39 st (3Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Wide dynamic range (ff avg) - strong expressive control needed
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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 | C#1 |
| Highest | G#5 |
| Span | 55 st (4Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 830 |
| Widest leap | 39 st C#1→E4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C#3 |
| Highest | B6 |
| Span | 46 st (3Oct+m7) |
| Notes | 887 |
| Widest leap | 23 st C5→C#3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 36 semitones (3 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 256 chords
⚠️ 28 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.2 notes · 190 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
19%
Repeated
Only 12 of 62 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 48–49
Hardest
📍 Measures 50–51
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 53–54
3rd hardest
