🎹 C Jam Blues Piano

Oscar Peterson· Advanced· 1,248 notes· Tempo 215 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
This is a piece bright and open like morning sun breaking through — dizzyingly rapid, notes tumbling over each other and confident and settled in its volume, woven into a smooth, continuous line, steady in its expressive intensity from start to finish.
Major Very fast tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students ✋ Average Hand Size 🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ 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
46 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,248
Total Notes
64%
Interleaved
2.44
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 25/25
64% of notes interleave - very dense layering, both hands constantly active
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.44) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: G2–D6 (43 st) | Left: C1–A2 (21 st)
Largest Interval Leap 6/10
21 st (1Oct+M6) - large 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
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC1
HighestA2
Span21 st (1Oct+M6)
Notes198
Widest leap21 st  C1→A2
🖐 Right Hand
LowestG2
HighestD6
Span43 st (3Oct+P5)
Notes1,050
Widest leap19 st  C3→G4
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes  ·  0 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  143 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 14 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 7 runs · longest 14 notes
🤚 LH: 7 runs · longest 8 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
4%
Repeated
Only 6 of 136 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 30–31
Hardest
📍 Measures 45–46
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 66–67
3rd hardest