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🎹 Truce Piano

Ellen Van Duijvenbode· Intermediate· 463 notes· Tempo 63 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding letting silence breathe between the notes, this piece is stately and powerful, filling every corner of the room — layered with activity that rewards close listening, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Major Slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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2 pages
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students ✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
3
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
18htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
41 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

463
Total Notes
44%
Interleaved
3.67
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 17/25
44% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱ Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.67) - moderately busy
✨ Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: G3–D6 (31 st) | Left: C2–G4 (31 st)
↕ Largest Interval Leap 6/10
24 st (2 Oct) - 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
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🖐 Right Hand
LowestG3
HighestD6
Span31 st (2Oct+P5)
Notes234
Widest leap24 st  G3→G5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC2
HighestG4
Span31 st (2Oct+P5)
Notes229
Widest leap17 st  G3→D2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes  ·  55 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes  ·  18 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
48%
Repeated
16 of 33 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 8–9
Hardest
📍 Measures 14–15
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 28–29
3rd hardest