🎹 Storm/Gathering Storm Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Precise and graceful, every note chosen carefully, swinging between silence and full force, loud enough to feel in the chest and every layer occupied at once.
👤 Suggested For
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
24
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
156htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
100
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
16,533
Total Notes
64%
Interleaved
12.87
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
25/25
64% of notes interleave - very dense layering, both hands constantly active
⏱
Note Density per Beat
30/30
Busiest beats: 40 notes/beat (avg 12.87) - extremely dense
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: C2–D#6 (51 st) | Left: F1–D#4 (34 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
43 st (3Oct+P5) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
8/8
52% black-key notes - heavy accidentals, hard to sight-read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~7.1 notes active per beat (max 14) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
5/5
14m 26s - long piece: stamina & memorisation required
🎚 Dynamics
ff
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 | D#4 |
| Span | 34 st (2Oct+m7) |
| Notes | 3,368 |
| Widest leap | 24 st A#3→A#1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C2 |
| Highest | D#6 |
| Span | 51 st (4Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 13,165 |
| Widest leap | 43 st G5→C2 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 13 semitones (1Oct+m2)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes · 1117 chords
⚠️ 48 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 43 semitones (3Oct+P5)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 6.1 notes · 2103 chords
⚠️ 154 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
32%
Repeated
105 of 329 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 266–267
Hardest
📍 Measures 306–307
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 322–323
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Storm/Gathering Storm Piano on piano?
Storm/Gathering Storm Piano is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 100/100.
It was composed by Transcribed By: Sam Anderson. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 14m 26s. It contains 16,533 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Storm/Gathering Storm Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Storm/Gathering Storm Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
24 weeks
(~156 total practice hours) for a expert level student.
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Storm/Gathering Storm Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Storm/Gathering Storm Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 11 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Storm/Gathering Storm Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Storm/Gathering Storm Piano is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 65 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Storm/Gathering Storm Piano?
Storm/Gathering Storm Piano is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 100/100).
This is expert-level repertoire. Strong sight-reading, high note density stamina, and polished expressive technique are essential.
What is the mood or feel of Storm/Gathering Storm Piano?
Precise and graceful, every note chosen carefully, swinging between silence and full force, loud enough to feel in the chest and every layer occupied at once. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 65 BPM.
