🎹 The Entertainer Piano Easy

Scott Joplin· Intermediate· 543 notes· Tempo 120 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
This piece is luminous and cheerful, greeting the day with open arms, carried along on an easy current, neither soft nor loud, simply present, maintaining a consistent and focused emotional level throughout.
Major Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners ✋ Average Hand Size 👨‍🏫 Teaching Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
4
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
22htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
23 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

543
Total Notes
39%
Interleaved
2.62
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
39% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.62) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: G3–C6 (29 st) | Left: C2–F4 (29 st)
Largest Interval Leap 3/10
17 st (1Oct+P4) - moderate leaps
🎚 Dynamics
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Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 80/127  ·  Spread 47  ·  Range 49–96
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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
LowestG3
HighestC6
Span29 st (2Oct+P4)
Notes268
Widest leap17 st  G5→D4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC2
HighestF4
Span29 st (2Oct+P4)
Notes275
Widest leap17 st  C4→G2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 11 semitones (M7)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  9 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  79 chords
↪️ 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
47%
Repeated
25 of 53 bars contain repeated phrases — a good portion of the piece recycles earlier material, reducing the unique learning load.
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 12–13
Hardest
📍 Measures 34–35
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 44–45
3rd hardest