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Genre 🎹 Piano
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
24
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
156htotal est.
3hard segments
* Assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
71
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
1,662
Total Notes
24%
Interleaved
4.46
Avg N/Beat
59
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Gloomy and introspective, closing in on itself — patient, letting each moment settle, steady and unwavering in tone.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH
Lower dot = LH
🎚 Dynamics
f
Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
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📐 Note Range per Hand
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | C#1 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 44 st (3Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 834 |
| Widest leap | 35 st |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C#3 |
| Highest | A#7 |
| Span | 57 st (4Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 828 |
| Widest leap | 46 st |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 13 st (m9)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes · 251 chords
⚠️ 7 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 13 st (m9)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.1 notes · 197 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 9 scale/arpeggio runs.
Extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 8 runs · longest 23 notes
🤚 LH: 1 runs · longest 12 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
41%
Repeated
42 of 102 bars contain repeated phrases.
Repeated bar
Unique bar
🎯 Suggested Practice Passages ?Each "passage" is 2 consecutive measures scored by note density and interval leaps. The hardest are recommended for focused practice.
Spend extra time on these passages before running the full piece.
📍 Measures 51–52
Hardest
📍 Measures 94–95
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 101–102
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Ruby , My Dear Piano on piano?
Ruby , My Dear Piano is rated Expert with a score of 71/100. Composed by Thelonious Monk. Expert-level repertoire.
How long does it take to learn Ruby , My Dear Piano?
Approximately 24 weeks (~156 total hours) for a expert level student.
What piano level is required to play Ruby , My Dear Piano?
Suited for Expert level pianists (score 71/100). Polished technique, high note density stamina, and expressive control required.
What is the mood or feel of Ruby , My Dear Piano?
Gloomy and introspective, closing in on itself — patient, letting each moment settle, steady and unwavering in tone. Played at 69 BPM.
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