🎹 Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Enigmatic and veiled, full of felt but unseen things, consistent and focused throughout, confident without pressing and full of motion in every corner.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🖐 Large Hands
⏰ 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
46
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
1,604
Total Notes
18%
Interleaved
3.56
Avg N/Beat
60
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
4/25
18% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 3.56) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
5/20
60 ornamental notes (3.7%) - occasional ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: G3–E7 (45 st) | Left: C1–E6 (64 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
44 st (3Oct+m6) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
2/8
20% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~2.3 notes active per beat (max 7) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 13s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Moderate dynamics (mf avg) - clear expression required
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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
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | C1 |
| Highest | E6 |
| Span | 64 st (5Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 757 |
| Widest leap | 44 st C6→E2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | G3 |
| Highest | E7 |
| Span | 45 st (3Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 847 |
| Widest leap | 33 st E6→G3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 36 semitones (3 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes · 9 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
38%
Repeated
44 of 116 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 75–76
Hardest
📍 Measures 79–80
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 84–85
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano on piano?
Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 46/100.
It was composed by Jamie Duffy. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 3m 13s. It contains 1,604 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
6 weeks
(~30 total practice hours) for a intermediate level student.
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 150 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano?
Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 46/100).
You'll need to be comfortable with both hands independently, chord patterns, and steady rhythm before tackling this piece.
What is the mood or feel of Solas - Jamie Duffy Piano?
Enigmatic and veiled, full of felt but unseen things, consistent and focused throughout, confident without pressing and full of motion in every corner. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 150 BPM.
