🎹 Stand by me Piano

Benjamin Earl King· Intermediate· 672 notes· Tempo 120 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding carried along on an easy current, this piece is austere and monumental, like an inscription carved into cold marble — connected and seamless from first note to last, maintaining a consistent and focused emotional level throughout.
Minor Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Flowing texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners 🎓 Intermediate Students ✋ Average Hand Size 👨‍🏫 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

672
Total Notes
37%
Interleaved
2.33
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
37% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.33) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: F#3–F#6 (36 st) | Left: D2–A3 (19 st)
Largest Interval Leap 6/10
19 st (1Oct+P5) - 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
LowestF#3
HighestF#6
Span36 st (3 Oct)
Notes339
Widest leap19 st  B5→E4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestD2
HighestA3
Span19 st (1Oct+P5)
Notes333
Widest leap17 st  A3→E2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes  ·  79 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes  ·  0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
46%
Repeated
37 of 80 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 62–63
Hardest
📍 Measures 65–66
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 68–69
3rd hardest