🎹 It's Been So Long Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Subdued and withdrawn, turned toward a private world, weighty and direct, with real conviction — balanced, neither urgent nor idle, expressively ranging from soft to loud.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
✋ 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
58
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
1,162
Total Notes
50%
Interleaved
4.49
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
50% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 4.49) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: A#3–D#6 (29 st) | Left: F1–A#4 (41 st)
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Largest Interval Leap
6/10
24 st (2 Oct) - large leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
8/8
67% black-key notes - heavy accidentals, hard to sight-read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~2.9 notes active per beat (max 5) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 52s - short-medium length
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (ff avg) - strong expressive control needed
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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 | F1 |
| Highest | A#4 |
| Span | 41 st (3Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 562 |
| Widest leap | 24 st F2→F4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A#3 |
| Highest | D#6 |
| Span | 29 st (2Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 600 |
| Widest leap | 21 st C#4→A#5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 146 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 92 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 6 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
41%
Repeated
28 of 69 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 22–23
Hardest
📍 Measures 26–27
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 54–55
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is It's Been So Long Piano on piano?
It's Been So Long Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 58/100.
It was composed by Arr. Erowley008/. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 2m 52s. It contains 1,162 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn It's Been So Long Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning It's Been So Long 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 It's Been So Long Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for It's Been So Long Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 4 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play It's Been So Long Piano?
It's Been So Long Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 58/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of It's Been So Long Piano?
Subdued and withdrawn, turned toward a private world, weighty and direct, with real conviction — balanced, neither urgent nor idle, expressively ranging from soft to loud. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 96 BPM.