🎹 Take Five Piano

Dave Brubeck· Intermediate· 461 notes· Tempo 120 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Achingly gentle, touching grief with the softest possible hand, this piece moves never rushing, never lingering in a texture that moves like a single sustained breath, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Minor Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate 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
39 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

461
Total Notes
33%
Interleaved
2.48
Avg N/Beat
10
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
33% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.48) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 5/20
10 ornamental notes (2.2%) - occasional ornaments
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: D#2–F#5 (39 st) | Left: A#1–F4 (31 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
27 st (2Oct+m3) - 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
LowestD#2
HighestF#5
Span39 st (3Oct+m3)
Notes300
Widest leap27 st  C3→D#5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestA#1
HighestF4
Span31 st (2Oct+P5)
Notes161
Widest leap22 st  F2→D#4
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes  ·  53 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  17 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
25%
Repeated
Only 13 of 53 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 4–5
Hardest
📍 Measures 9–10
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 49–50
3rd hardest