🎹 Photograph (From the movie Her) Piano

Arcade Fire Transcribed By Onceagleekforeveragleek· Intermediate· 904 notes· Tempo 60 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding unhurried and deliberate, this piece is idyllic and spacious, breathing the air of the countryside — with many voices weaving in and out, maintaining a consistent and focused emotional level throughout.
Major Slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Leaping melody
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners 🎓 Intermediate Students ✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
3
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
18htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
34 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

904
Total Notes
25%
Interleaved
3.96
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
25% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 5 notes/beat (avg 3.96) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: E4–C6 (20 st) | Left: C2–A#5 (46 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
31 st (2Oct+P5) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 83/127  ·  Spread 32  ·  Range 64–96
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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
LowestE4
HighestC6
Span20 st (1Oct+m6)
Notes745
Widest leap9 st  C5→A5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC2
HighestA#5
Span46 st (3Oct+m7)
Notes159
Widest leap31 st  C3→G5
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes  ·  0 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 11 semitones (M7)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes  ·  16 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
48%
Repeated
29 of 61 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 35–36
Hardest
📍 Measures 38–39
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 41–42
3rd hardest