🎹 Hold The Line Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Grave and majestic, moving with quiet dignity, propelled and urgent, barely pausing — packed with simultaneous motion.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ 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
48
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
1,591
Total Notes
22%
Interleaved
6.55
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - 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 | B1 |
| Highest | F#3 |
| Span | 19 st (1Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 280 |
| Widest leap | 17 st F#3→C#2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A3 |
| Highest | A5 |
| Span | 24 st (2 Oct) |
| Notes | 1,311 |
| Widest leap | 12 st G#5→G#4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 78 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 437 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
73%
Repeated
48 of 66 bars share repeated material — over half the piece repeats, meaning you only need to truly master 18 unique bars.
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 26–27
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 53–54
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Hold The Line Piano on piano?
Hold The Line Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 48/100.
It was composed by David Paich (Toto. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 1m 50s. It contains 1,591 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Hold The Line Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Hold The Line Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
6 weeks
(~30 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 Hold The Line Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Hold The Line Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Hold The Line Piano?
Hold The Line Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 48/100).
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 Hold The Line Piano?
Grave and majestic, moving with quiet dignity, propelled and urgent, barely pausing — packed with simultaneous motion. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 144 BPM.
