🎹 Yesterday Once More

Richard Carpenter· Advanced· 784 notes· Tempo 120 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Bittersweet and nostalgic, reaching for something beautiful just out of grasp, this piece moves moving with liquid momentum woven into a smooth, continuous line, steady in its expressive intensity from start to finish.
Minor Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
10
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
62htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
45 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

784
Total Notes
44%
Interleaved
3.03
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 17/25
44% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.03) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: C4–E5 (16 st) | Left: C2–B4 (35 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
35 st (2Oct+M7) - extreme 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
HighestE5
Span16 st (1Oct+M3)
Notes329
Widest leap10 st  D4→C5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC2
HighestB4
Span35 st (2Oct+M7)
Notes455
Widest leap35 st  B4→C2
🖐 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: 35 semitones (2Oct+M7)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 4.3 notes  ·  106 chords
⚠️ 106 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
58%
Repeated
48 of 83 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 11–12
Hardest
📍 Measures 45–46
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 66–67
3rd hardest