🎹 Clocks Piano

Coldplay· Intermediate· 398 notes· Tempo 80 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written woven into a smooth, continuous line, this piece feels gloomy and introspective, like twilight closing in before a long winter night, walking at a natural human pace and confident and settled in its volume, steady in its expressive intensity from start to finish.
Minor Moderate tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Leaping melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 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
39 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

398
Total Notes
66%
Interleaved
2.31
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 25/25
66% of notes interleave - very dense layering, both hands constantly active
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.31) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 3/15
Right: C#4–G#5 (19 st) | Left: F2–D#4 (22 st)
Largest Interval Leap 6/10
22 st (1Oct+m7) - 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
🖐 Right Hand
LowestC#4
HighestG#5
Span19 st (1Oct+P5)
Notes306
Widest leap12 st  G#4→G#5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestF2
HighestD#4
Span22 st (1Oct+m7)
Notes92
Widest leap22 st  F2→D#4
🖐 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: 9 semitones (M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes  ·  24 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
71%
Repeated
34 of 48 bars share repeated material — over half the piece repeats, meaning you only need to truly master 14 unique bars.
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 41–42
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 45–46
3rd hardest