🎹 Sailing Piano

Rod Stewart· Intermediate· 321 notes· Tempo 67 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written with many voices weaving in and out, this piece feels tender and regretful, loving what can no longer be held, unhurried and deliberate and neither soft nor loud, simply present, maintaining a consistent and focused emotional level throughout.
Minor Slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging 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
31 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

321
Total Notes
43%
Interleaved
3.21
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 17/25
43% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 3.21) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: C4–A5 (21 st) | Left: F2–A4 (28 st)
Largest Interval Leap 3/10
14 st (1Oct+M2) - moderate 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
HighestA5
Span21 st (1Oct+M6)
Notes146
Widest leap12 st  C5→C4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestF2
HighestA4
Span28 st (2Oct+M3)
Notes175
Widest leap14 st  E4→D3
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  7 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
28%
Repeated
Only 7 of 25 bars repeat — this piece is largely through-composed with mostly unique material throughout.
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 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 3–4
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 22–23
3rd hardest