🎹 Sailing Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Tender and regretful, loving what cannot be held — full of motion in every corner, confident without pressing, consistent and focused throughout.
👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
✋ 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
34
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
321
Total Notes
43%
Interleaved
3.21
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
43% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 3.21) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: C4–A5 (21 st) | Left: F2–A4 (28 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
3/10
14 st (1Oct+M2) - moderate leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
3% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~2.1 notes active per beat (max 3) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
1m 30s - 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 | F2 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 28 st (2Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 175 |
| Widest leap | 14 st E4→D3 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | A5 |
| Span | 21 st (1Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 146 |
| Widest leap | 12 st C5→C4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 7 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
28%
Repeated
Only 7 of 25 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 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 3–4
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 22–23
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Sailing Piano on piano?
Sailing Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 34/100.
It was composed by Rod Stewart. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 1m 30s. It contains 321 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Sailing Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Sailing 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 Sailing Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Sailing 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 Sailing Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Sailing 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 67 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Sailing Piano?
Sailing Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 34/100).
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 Sailing Piano?
Tender and regretful, loving what cannot be held — full of motion in every corner, confident without pressing, consistent and focused throughout. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 67 BPM.
