🎹 Stand By Me Piano

Ben E King/ Florence And The Machine· Intermediate· 610 notes· Tempo 120 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding carried along on an easy current, this piece is exuberant and golden, sparkling like light on moving water — connected and seamless from first note to last, swinging dramatically between extremes of loud and soft.
Major Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Leaping melody
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners ✋ Average Hand Size 👨‍🏫 Teaching Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
4
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
22htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
23 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

610
Total Notes
28%
Interleaved
2.24
Avg N/Beat
3
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
28% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.24) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
3 ornamental notes (0.5%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: C#4–G#5 (19 st) | Left: C#3–F5 (28 st)
Largest Interval Leap 3/10
17 st (1Oct+P4) - moderate leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 83/127  ·  Spread 63  ·  Range 64–127
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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
LowestC#4
HighestG#5
Span19 st (1Oct+P5)
Notes258
Widest leap12 st  G#4→G#5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC#3
HighestF5
Span28 st (2Oct+M3)
Notes352
Widest leap17 st  G#4→D#3
🖐 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: 0 semitones (Unison)
UnisonOctave2 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
14%
Repeated
Only 11 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 15–16
Hardest
📍 Measures 21–22
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 66–67
3rd hardest