🎹 Por una Cabeza Piano

Carlos Gardel (1890 - 1935· Advanced· 1,013 notes· Tempo 60 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Lonely and open, carrying the silence of a world that has gone quiet, this piece moves unhurried and deliberate dense as a forest, every layer occupied, maintaining a consistent and focused emotional level throughout.
Minor Slow tempo Moderate dynamics Dense texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 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
59 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,013
Total Notes
36%
Interleaved
7.85
Avg N/Beat
20
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
36% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 20/30
Busiest beats: 11 notes/beat (avg 7.85) - dense passages
Ornaments & Grace Notes 5/20
20 ornamental notes (2%) - occasional ornaments
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: D4–E6 (26 st) | Left: C2–G6 (55 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
33 st (2Oct+M6) - extreme 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
🖐 Right Hand
LowestD4
HighestE6
Span26 st (2Oct+M2)
Notes282
Widest leap12 st  C5→C6
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC2
HighestG6
Span55 st (4Oct+P5)
Notes731
Widest leap33 st  D5→F2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes  ·  0 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 36 semitones (3 Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.2 notes  ·  183 chords
⚠️ 84 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ 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 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
0%
Repeated
Only 0 of 33 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 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 11–12
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 14–15
3rd hardest