🎹 Payphone Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Airy and luminous, belonging to another world — full of motion in every corner, confident without pressing, consistent and focused throughout.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
3
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
18htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
46
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
526
Total Notes
41%
Interleaved
3.6
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
41% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 5 notes/beat (avg 3.6) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: D#4–C#6 (22 st) | Left: E2–F#5 (38 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
3/10
14 st (1Oct+M2) - moderate leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
8/8
62% black-key notes - heavy accidentals, hard to sight-read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~2.4 notes active per beat (max 4) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
1m 35s - 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 | F#5 |
| Span | 38 st (3Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 267 |
| Widest leap | 14 st F#4→E3 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | D#4 |
| Highest | C#6 |
| Span | 22 st (1Oct+m7) |
| Notes | 259 |
| Widest leap | 12 st F#5→F#4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 13 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 57 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
29%
Repeated
Only 11 of 38 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 27–28
Hardest
📍 Measures 33–34
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 36–37
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Payphone Piano on piano?
Payphone Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 46/100.
It was composed by Undefined. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 1m 35s. It contains 526 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Payphone Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Payphone Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
3 weeks
(~18 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 Payphone Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Payphone Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 2 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Payphone Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Payphone 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 90 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Payphone Piano?
Payphone Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 46/100).
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 Payphone Piano?
Airy and luminous, belonging to another world — full of motion in every corner, confident without pressing, consistent and focused throughout. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 90 BPM.
