🎹 Maple Leaf Rag Piano

Scott Joplin· Advanced· 2,566 notes· Tempo 100 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
This is a piece radiant and celebratory, shimmering with festive brightness — walking at a natural human pace and assertive and full-bodied in its expression, in a thick, saturated texture, steady in its expressive intensity from start to finish.
Major Moderate tempo Strong dynamics Dense texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students ✋ Average Hand Size 🎤 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

2,566
Total Notes
38%
Interleaved
8.91
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
38% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 30/30
Busiest beats: 12 notes/beat (avg 8.91) - extremely dense
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: C4–G#6 (32 st) | Left: G#1–C#5 (41 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
34 st (2Oct+m7) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Mostly ff - subtle dynamic shaping
Avg velocity 90/127  ·  Spread 16  ·  Range 80–96
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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
LowestC4
HighestG#6
Span32 st (2Oct+m6)
Notes1,193
Widest leap16 st  D#4→G5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestG#1
HighestC#5
Span41 st (3Oct+P4)
Notes1,373
Widest leap34 st  G#4→A#1
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes  ·  362 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes  ·  529 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
50%
Repeated
36 of 72 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 21–22
Hardest
📍 Measures 24–25
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 29–30
3rd hardest