🎹 Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo
🎭 Emotional Character
Tense and restless, with an edge that refuses to settle — walking at a natural human pace, steady and unwavering in tone.
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 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
72
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
1,632
Total Notes
58%
Interleaved
3.64
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Mostly ff - subtle dynamic shaping
pppmpmfffffff
🎹 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 | C#2 |
| Highest | C#7 |
| Span | 60 st (5 Oct) |
| Notes | 897 |
| Widest leap | 53 st A6→E2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | B3 |
| Highest | F#6 |
| Span | 31 st (2Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 735 |
| Widest leap | 19 st E6→A4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 15 semitones (1Oct+m3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes · 111 chords
⚠️ 11 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 170 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
17%
Repeated
Only 21 of 123 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 80–81
Hardest
📍 Measures 96–97
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 104–105
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo on piano?
Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 72/100.
It was composed by Ed Sheeran. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 4m 06s. It contains 1,632 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo 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 Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo directly on this page.
The sheet is 7 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 80 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo?
Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 72/100).
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 Photograph Ed Sheeran Piano Solo?
Tense and restless, with an edge that refuses to settle — walking at a natural human pace, steady and unwavering in tone. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 80 BPM.
