🎹 Merry-Go-Round Of Life Sheet Piano

Joe Hisaishi· Intermediate· 2,346 notes· Tempo 160 BPM· 7,094,888 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Murky and withdrawn, holding its weight in silence, swinging between silence and full force, confident without pressing and full of motion in every corner.
Minor Fast tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🖐 Large Hands 🎼 Scale Technique Focus 🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
6
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
30htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
50 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

2,346
Total Notes
26%
Interleaved
3.54
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
26% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 5 notes/beat (avg 3.54) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: A3–F#6 (33 st) | Left: E1–F#5 (50 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
36 st (3 Oct) - extreme leaps
# Chromatic Complexity 2/8
25% black-key notes - some accidentals
Polyphony / Voices 4/7
~3.5 notes active per beat (max 8) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
Piece Length 5/5
5m 15s - long piece: stamina & memorisation required
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 80/127  ·  Spread 103  ·  Range 24–127
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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
LowestE1
HighestF#5
Span50 st (4Oct+M2)
Notes1,414
Widest leap36 st  D#2→D#5
🖐 Right Hand
LowestA3
HighestF#6
Span33 st (2Oct+M6)
Notes932
Widest leap29 st  E6→B3
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Max chord span: 16 semitones (1Oct+M3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.1 notes  ·  352 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes  ·  167 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 12 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 12 runs · longest 8 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 4 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
3%
Repeated
Only 5 of 178 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 31–32
Hardest
📍 Measures 142–143
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 155–156
3rd hardest