🎹 Merry-Go-Round of Life Piano

Joe Hisaishi· Advanced· 2,433 notes· Tempo 164 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding racing through ideas with barely a pause, this piece is dark and brooding, moving through deep shadow and unresolved longing — in a busy, richly detailed texture, traversing a wide emotional arc through stark dynamic contrasts.
Minor Fast tempo Strong dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands 🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
17
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
97htotal 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

2,433
Total Notes
26%
Interleaved
3.66
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
26% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.66) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: A3–B6 (38 st) | Left: B0–F#5 (55 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
43 st (3Oct+P5) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Wide dynamic range (ff avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 93/127  ·  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
LowestA3
HighestB6
Span38 st (3Oct+M2)
Notes1,073
Widest leap29 st  E6→B3
🤚 Left Hand
LowestB0
HighestF#5
Span55 st (4Oct+P5)
Notes1,360
Widest leap43 st  G4→C1
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes  ·  293 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 16 semitones (1Oct+M3)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes  ·  375 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 11 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 11 runs · longest 8 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 4 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
2%
Repeated
Only 4 of 177 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 143–144
Hardest
📍 Measures 155–156
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 164–165
3rd hardest