🎹 River Flows In You Yiruma Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Nostalgic and tender, touched by a gentle wistfulness, stepping carefully without any rush — active and densely woven throughout.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ 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
50
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
840
Total Notes
37%
Interleaved
4.83
Avg N/Beat
52
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
37% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 4.83) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
5/20
52 ornamental notes (6.2%) - occasional ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: A3–E6 (31 st) | Left: E2–G#4 (28 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
26 st (2Oct+M2) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
5/8
28% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~2.1 notes active per beat (max 4) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 47s - short-medium length
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Uniform mf - very little dynamic contrast
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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
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | E2 |
| Highest | G#4 |
| Span | 28 st (2Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 297 |
| Widest leap | 26 st G#4→F#2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A3 |
| Highest | E6 |
| Span | 31 st (2Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 543 |
| Widest leap | 14 st B5→A4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 7 semitones (P5)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 2 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes · 16 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 8 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 8 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
13%
Repeated
Only 6 of 46 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 18–19
Hardest
📍 Measures 24–25
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 28–29
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is River Flows In You Yiruma Piano on piano?
River Flows In You Yiruma Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 50/100.
It was composed by Emmy Langevin. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 2m 47s. It contains 840 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn River Flows In You Yiruma Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning River Flows In You Yiruma Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
3 weeks
(~18 total practice hours) for a intermediate level student.
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for River Flows In You Yiruma Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for River Flows In You Yiruma Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 4 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for River Flows In You Yiruma Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for River Flows In You Yiruma Piano is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 65 BPM.
What piano level is required to play River Flows In You Yiruma Piano?
River Flows In You Yiruma Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 50/100).
You'll need to be comfortable with both hands independently, chord patterns, and steady rhythm before tackling this piece.
What is the mood or feel of River Flows In You Yiruma Piano?
Nostalgic and tender, touched by a gentle wistfulness, stepping carefully without any rush — active and densely woven throughout. It belongs to the Piano
· New Age
· Contemporary Classical
genre.
The piece is played at 65 BPM.
