🎹 Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver.
👤 Suggested For
🌱 Complete Beginners
📖 Early Learners
✋ Average Hand Size
👨🏫 Teaching Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
1
weeks to performance-ready
A comfortable piece to learn in a few sessions — great for building confidence.
3hper week
9htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~3h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Beginner
28
/ 100
Accessible - both hands stay in comfortable positions
291
Total Notes
34%
Interleaved
2.51
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Idyllic and gentle, without a trace of urgency — connected from first note to last, confident without pressing, consistent and focused throughout.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
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📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | G1 |
| Highest | C4 |
| Span | 29 st (2Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 152 |
| Widest leap | 21 st A3→C2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | D6 |
| Span | 26 st (2Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 139 |
| Widest leap | 16 st F4→A5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 15 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 4 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 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
7%
Repeated
Only 2 of 30 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 19–20
Hardest
📍 Measures 21–22
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 26–27
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver. on piano?
Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver. is rated
Beginner
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 28/100.
It was composed by Joe Hisaishi. This piece is suitable for beginners who have mastered basic hand coordination and simple scales. The piece runs approximately 1m 15s. It contains 291 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver.?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver. to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
1 weeks
(~9 total practice hours) for a beginner level student.
A comfortable piece to learn in a few sessions — great for building confidence.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver.?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver. 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 Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver.?
Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver. is suited for
Beginner
level pianists (difficulty score 28/100).
It is a great choice for students who have mastered basic hand coordination and simple pieces.
What is the mood or feel of Always with me (千与千寻) Simplified ver.?
Idyllic and gentle, without a trace of urgency — connected from first note to last, confident without pressing, consistent and focused throughout. It belongs to the Piano
· Nhạc Nhật Bản
· Japanese Music
genre.
The piece is played at 96 BPM.
