🎹 Shallow (A star is born) Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Mysterious and haunting, drifting without a horizon, steady and unwavering in tone — fluid and unforced and smooth and seamless, one long breath.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
10
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
62htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
59
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
858
Total Notes
34%
Interleaved
3.97
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
34% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
20/30
Busiest beats: 8 notes/beat (avg 3.97) - dense passages
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: C2–E5 (40 st) | Left: E2–E4 (24 st)
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Largest Interval Leap
10/10
36 st (3 Oct) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
2/8
12% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~6.1 notes active per beat (max 7) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 44s - short-medium length
🎚 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 | E2 |
| Highest | E4 |
| Span | 24 st (2 Oct) |
| Notes | 190 |
| Widest leap | 19 st B3→E2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C2 |
| Highest | E5 |
| Span | 40 st (3Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 668 |
| Widest leap | 36 st D5→D2 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 7 semitones (P5)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 61 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 34 semitones (2Oct+m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 4.4 notes · 102 chords
⚠️ 93 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
44%
Repeated
36 of 82 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 10–11
Hardest
📍 Measures 30–31
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 34–35
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Shallow (A star is born) Piano on piano?
Shallow (A star is born) Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 59/100.
It was composed by Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 2m 44s. It contains 858 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Shallow (A star is born) Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Shallow (A star is born) Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
10 weeks
(~62 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 Shallow (A star is born) Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Shallow (A star is born) 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 Shallow (A star is born) Piano?
Shallow (A star is born) Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 59/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Shallow (A star is born) Piano?
Mysterious and haunting, drifting without a horizon, steady and unwavering in tone — fluid and unforced and smooth and seamless, one long breath. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
