🎹 WISH YOU WERE HERE Piano

Written By David Gilmour And Roger Waters· Advanced· 1,284 notes· Tempo 56 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
This is a piece mysterious and haunting, drifting through fog with no clear horizon — moving as if time itself has thickened and confident and settled in its volume, in a busy, richly detailed texture, traversing a wide emotional arc through stark dynamic contrasts.
Minor Very slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students ✋ Average Hand Size 🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
11
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
67htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
57 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,284
Total Notes
47%
Interleaved
5.2
Avg N/Beat
6
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 17/25
47% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
Note Density per Beat 20/30
Busiest beats: 8 notes/beat (avg 5.2) - dense passages
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
6 ornamental notes (0.5%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: F#3–E6 (34 st) | Left: F#1–C5 (42 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
26 st (2Oct+M2) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 73/127  ·  Spread 63  ·  Range 33–96
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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
LowestF#3
HighestE6
Span34 st (2Oct+m7)
Notes841
Widest leap24 st  D6→D4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestF#1
HighestC5
Span42 st (3Oct+TT)
Notes443
Widest leap26 st  A4→G2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes  ·  274 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  47 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
17%
Repeated
Only 11 of 63 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 45–46
Hardest
📍 Measures 47–48
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 49–50
3rd hardest