🎹 Merry-Go-Round of Life Piano

Joe Hasaishi Arr. Andrew Deng· Advanced· 2,693 notes· Tempo 72 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding letting silence breathe between the notes, this piece is heavy with introspection, pulling inward toward some wordless truth — layered with activity that rewards close listening, shaped by bold swells and sudden retreats of sound.
Minor Slow 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
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
46 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

2,693
Total Notes
28%
Interleaved
3.89
Avg N/Beat
111
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
28% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.89) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 5/20
111 ornamental notes (4.1%) - occasional ornaments
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: A3–E7 (43 st) | Left: D1–C5 (46 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
32 st (2Oct+m6) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 84/127  ·  Spread 94  ·  Range 33–127
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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
HighestE7
Span43 st (3Oct+P5)
Notes1,319
Widest leap27 st  E7→C#5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestD1
HighestC5
Span46 st (3Oct+m7)
Notes1,374
Widest leap32 st  A#4→D2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes  ·  392 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 32 semitones (2Oct+m6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes  ·  409 chords
⚠️ 4 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 12 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 11 runs · longest 12 notes
🤚 LH: 1 runs · longest 5 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
4%
Repeated
Only 8 of 183 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 150–151
Hardest
📍 Measures 178–179
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 180–181
3rd hardest