🎹 The Legend of Ashitaka Piano

Joe Hisaishi Arr. By Parker Winters· Intermediate· 1,463 notes· Tempo 76 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Softly grieving, wrapped in a stillness that refuses comfort, this piece moves letting silence breathe between the notes layered with activity that rewards close listening, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Minor Slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🖐 Large Hands
⏰ 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
37 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

1,463
Total Notes
29%
Interleaved
4.52
Avg N/Beat
14
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
29% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 4.52) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
14 ornamental notes (1%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: C3–D#6 (39 st) | Left: G#1–F4 (33 st)
Largest Interval Leap 6/10
24 st (2 Oct) - large leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
Avg velocity 80/127  ·  Spread 0  ·  Range 80–80
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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
🤚 Left Hand
LowestG#1
HighestF4
Span33 st (2Oct+M6)
Notes746
Widest leap23 st  C4→C#2
🖐 Right Hand
LowestC3
HighestD#6
Span39 st (3Oct+m3)
Notes717
Widest leap24 st  C6→C4
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 17 semitones (1Oct+P4)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes  ·  161 chords
⚠️ 3 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes  ·  227 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 4 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
20%
Repeated
Only 18 of 89 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 53–54
Hardest
📍 Measures 55–56
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 79–80
3rd hardest