🎹 APT Piano solo

ROSE & Bruno Mars· Intermediate· 1,360 notes· Tempo 145 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written layered with activity that rewards close listening, this piece feels softly grieving, wrapped in a stillness that refuses comfort, driven and urgent, refusing to slow down and with conviction and weight behind every note, shaped by bold swells and sudden retreats of sound.
Minor Fast tempo Strong dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners 🎓 Intermediate Students ✋ Average Hand Size 👨‍🏫 Teaching Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
6
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
30htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
25 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

1,360
Total Notes
17%
Interleaved
3.42
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 4/25
17% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 5 notes/beat (avg 3.42) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: C4–C6 (24 st) | Left: D#1–D#4 (36 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
26 st (2Oct+M2) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Wide dynamic range (ff avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 97/127  ·  Spread 78  ·  Range 49–127
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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
HighestC6
Span24 st (2 Oct)
Notes620
Widest leap15 st  D#5→C4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestD#1
HighestD#4
Span36 st (3 Oct)
Notes740
Widest leap26 st  A#3→G#1
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes  ·  71 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  255 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
50%
Repeated
51 of 101 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 61–62
Hardest
📍 Measures 65–66
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 73–74
3rd hardest