🎹 Vampire Killer Piano

Kinuyo Yamashita· Advanced· 889 notes· Tempo 118 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding never rushing, never lingering, this piece is heavy with introspection, pulling inward toward some wordless truth — layered with activity that rewards close listening, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Minor Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
10
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
62htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
46 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

889
Total Notes
33%
Interleaved
3.78
Avg N/Beat
17
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
33% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 3.78) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
17 ornamental notes (1.9%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: F3–A6 (40 st) | Left: A#0–F6 (67 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
53 st (4Oct+P4) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 81/127  ·  Spread 47  ·  Range 49–96
pppmpmfffffff
🎹 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
LowestF3
HighestA6
Span40 st (3Oct+M3)
Notes417
Widest leap19 st  C4→G5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestA#0
HighestF6
Span67 st (5Oct+P5)
Notes472
Widest leap53 st  G5→D1
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 21 semitones (1Oct+M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes  ·  73 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes  ·  138 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing. A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 1 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
33%
Repeated
22 of 66 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 14–15
Hardest
📍 Measures 18–19
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 20–21
3rd hardest