🎹 The Game is On Piano

Michael Price And David Arnold· Intermediate· 458 notes· Tempo 247 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding dizzyingly rapid, notes tumbling over each other, this piece is melancholic and introspective, carrying quiet sadness like rain on glass — woven into a smooth, continuous line, steady in its expressive intensity from start to finish.
Minor Very fast tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners 🎓 Intermediate Students 🖐 Large Hands 👨‍🏫 Teaching Repertoire
⏰ 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
26 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

458
Total Notes
24%
Interleaved
2.46
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
24% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.46) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: C4–G5 (19 st) | Left: C2–G4 (31 st)
Largest Interval Leap 6/10
20 st (1Oct+m6) - 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
LowestC4
HighestG5
Span19 st (1Oct+P5)
Notes177
Widest leap19 st  C4→G5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC2
HighestG4
Span31 st (2Oct+P5)
Notes281
Widest leap20 st  G#3→C2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.9 notes  ·  13 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 24 semitones (2 Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.1 notes  ·  95 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
65%
Repeated
31 of 48 bars share repeated material — over half the piece repeats, meaning you only need to truly master 17 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 15–16
Hardest
📍 Measures 23–24
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 39–40
3rd hardest