🎹 Piano Man (Vocal-Piano)

Words And Music By Billy Joel· Advanced· 3,010 notes· Tempo 160 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Radiant and clear, full of easy warmth, this piece moves driven and urgent, refusing to slow down layered with activity that rewards close listening, shaped by bold swells and sudden retreats of sound.
Major Fast tempo Strong dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands
⏰ 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
47 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

3,010
Total Notes
43%
Interleaved
3.15
Avg N/Beat
10
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 17/25
43% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 5 notes/beat (avg 3.15) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
10 ornamental notes (0.3%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: G3–C6 (29 st) | Left: D1–D6 (60 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
57 st (4Oct+M6) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (ff avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 91/127  ·  Spread 77  ·  Range 49–126
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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
LowestG3
HighestC6
Span29 st (2Oct+P4)
Notes675
Widest leap19 st  C4→G5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestD1
HighestD6
Span60 st (5 Oct)
Notes2,335
Widest leap57 st  D6→F1
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 17 semitones (1Oct+P4)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes  ·  93 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
Left Hand
Max chord span: 57 semitones (4Oct+M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes  ·  637 chords
⚠️ 62 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing. A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 0 runs · longest 4 notes
🤚 LH: 1 runs · longest 7 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
48%
Repeated
116 of 240 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 152–153
Hardest
📍 Measures 216–217
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 233–234
3rd hardest