🎹 Stand By Me Piano & Violin

Ben E King· Advanced· 1,894 notes· Tempo 120 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written layered with activity that rewards close listening, this piece feels achingly wistful, tasting joy and loss in the same long breath, never rushing, never lingering and with a full but measured voice, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Minor Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
13
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
77htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
49 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,894
Total Notes
37%
Interleaved
5.92
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
37% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 20/30
Busiest beats: 9 notes/beat (avg 5.92) - dense passages
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: E4–E6 (24 st) | Left: F2–E6 (47 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
43 st (3Oct+P5) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Moderate dynamics (mf avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 69/127  ·  Spread 47  ·  Range 49–96
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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
LowestE4
HighestE6
Span24 st (2 Oct)
Notes91
Widest leap21 st  E6→G4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestF2
HighestE6
Span47 st (3Oct+M7)
Notes1,803
Widest leap43 st  D6→G2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes  ·  0 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 43 semitones (3Oct+P5)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.4 notes  ·  490 chords
⚠️ 264 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
11%
Repeated
Only 9 of 80 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 72–73
Hardest
📍 Measures 75–76
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 78–79
3rd hardest