🎹 Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Tender and flowing, easy as a spring afternoon, balanced, neither urgent nor idle — active and densely woven throughout.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
11
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
67htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
61
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
1,235
Total Notes
28%
Interleaved
5.8
Avg N/Beat
70
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
28% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
20/30
Busiest beats: 11 notes/beat (avg 5.8) - dense passages
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
5/20
70 ornamental notes (5.7%) - occasional ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: A3–D6 (29 st) | Left: E1–G4 (39 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
34 st (2Oct+m7) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
2/8
19% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3.1 notes active per beat (max 6) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 24s - short-medium length
🎚 Dynamics
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Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
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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 | E1 |
| Highest | G4 |
| Span | 39 st (3Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 539 |
| Widest leap | 34 st F#1→E4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A3 |
| Highest | D6 |
| Span | 29 st (2Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 696 |
| Widest leap | 24 st B5→B3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.1 notes · 76 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes · 118 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 1 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
35%
Repeated
19 of 54 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 26–27
Hardest
📍 Measures 30–31
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 36–37
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano on piano?
Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 61/100.
It was composed by Joe Hisaishi. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 2m 24s. It contains 1,235 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
11 weeks
(~67 total practice hours) for a advanced level student.
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet 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 Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet 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 90 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano?
Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 61/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Summer (Joe Hisaishi) Sheet Piano?
Tender and flowing, easy as a spring afternoon, balanced, neither urgent nor idle — active and densely woven throughout. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 90 BPM.
