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Genre 🎹 Piano, 🎹 Classical Piano
Sheet PDFs titled Yesterday Once More:
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
4
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
22htotal est.
3hard segments
* Assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
53
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
784
Total Notes
44%
Interleaved
3.03
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone — fluid and unforced, present and measured throughout, steady and unwavering in tone.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH
Lower dot = LH
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
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📐 Note Range per Hand
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | C2 |
| Highest | B4 |
| Span | 35 st (2Oct+M7) |
| Notes | 455 |
| Widest leap | 35 st |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | E5 |
| Span | 16 st (1Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 329 |
| Widest leap | 10 st |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 35 st (35 st)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 4.3 notes · 106 chords
⚠️ 106 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 st (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
58%
Repeated
48 of 83 bars contain repeated phrases.
Repeated bar
Unique bar
🎯 Suggested Practice Passages ?Each "passage" is 2 consecutive measures scored by note density and interval leaps. The hardest are recommended for focused practice.
Spend extra time on these passages before running the full piece.
📍 Measures 11–12
Hardest
📍 Measures 45–46
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 66–67
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Yesterday Once More on piano?
Yesterday Once More is rated Intermediate with a score of 53/100. Composed by Richard Carpenter. Requires moderate hand independence.
How long does it take to learn Yesterday Once More?
Approximately 4 weeks (~22 total hours) for a intermediate level student.
What piano level is required to play Yesterday Once More?
Suited for Intermediate level pianists (score 53/100). Requires both hands independently, chord patterns, and steady rhythm.
What is the mood or feel of Yesterday Once More?
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone — fluid and unforced, present and measured throughout, steady and unwavering in tone. Played at 120 BPM.
Opening Line: When I was young I'd listen to the radio.
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Lyrics & Chords Yesterday Once More
Richard Carpenter
Richard Carpenter & John Bettis
When I was young.
I'd listen to the radio.
Waitin' for my favorite songs.
When they played I'd sing along .
It made me smile ..........
Those were such happy times.
And not so long ago.
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again.
Just like a long lost friend.
All the songs I loved so well.......
Chorus
Every sha-la-la-la.
Every wo-o-wo-o.
Still shines ..........
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling.
That they're startin' to sing's.
So fine ...........
When they get to the part.
Where he's breakin' her heart.
It can really make me cry.
Just like before.....
It's yesterday once more .......... .
.......Shoo be do lang lang
