🎹 When I Was Your Man Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Radiant and warm, full of unclouded optimism, light in its touch, never insisting — stepping carefully without any rush, holding its emotional level to the end.
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ 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
41
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
1,043
Total Notes
43%
Interleaved
4.36
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: 5 notes/beat (avg 4.36) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
3/15
Right: E3–G4 (15 st) | Left: F1–E3 (23 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
6/10
21 st (1Oct+M6) - large leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
4% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~4.6 notes active per beat (max 6) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 30s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Moderate dynamics (mf avg) - clear expression required
pppmpmfffffff
🎹 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 | F1 |
| Highest | E3 |
| Span | 23 st (1Oct+M7) |
| Notes | 326 |
| Widest leap | 21 st D3→F1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | E3 |
| Highest | G4 |
| Span | 15 st (1Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 717 |
| Widest leap | 11 st E4→F3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 105 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 237 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
53%
Repeated
34 of 64 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 7–8
Hardest
📍 Measures 28–29
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 51–52
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is When I Was Your Man Piano on piano?
When I Was Your Man Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 41/100.
It was composed by Undefined. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 3m 30s. It contains 1,043 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn When I Was Your Man Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning When I Was Your Man Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
4 weeks
(~22 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 When I Was Your Man Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for When I Was Your Man Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 2 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play When I Was Your Man Piano?
When I Was Your Man Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 41/100).
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 When I Was Your Man Piano?
Radiant and warm, full of unclouded optimism, light in its touch, never insisting — stepping carefully without any rush, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 73 BPM.
