🎹 You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified
🎭 Emotional Character
Radiant and warm, full of unclouded optimism, moving without effort or hesitation — stripped to essentials, nothing wasted.
👤 Suggested For
🌱 Complete Beginners
📖 Early Learners
✋ Average Hand Size
👨🏫 Teaching Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
1
weeks to performance-ready
A comfortable piece to learn in a few sessions — great for building confidence.
3hper week
9htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~3h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Beginner
16
/ 100
Accessible - both hands stay in comfortable positions
64
Total Notes
13%
Interleaved
1.73
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
🎚 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 | B2 |
| Highest | A3 |
| Span | 10 st (m7) |
| Notes | 27 |
| Widest leap | 9 st A3→C3 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 9 st (M6) |
| Notes | 37 |
| Widest leap | 4 st E4→C4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 9 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
19%
Repeated
Only 3 of 16 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 5–6
Hardest
📍 Measures 9–10
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 14–15
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified on piano?
You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified is rated
Beginner
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 16/100.
It was composed by Christina Perri. This piece is suitable for beginners who have mastered basic hand coordination and simple scales. The piece runs approximately 32s. It contains 64 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
1 weeks
(~9 total practice hours) for a beginner level student.
A comfortable piece to learn in a few sessions — great for building confidence.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified directly on this page.
The sheet is 1 page long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 120 BPM.
What piano level is required to play You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified?
You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified is suited for
Beginner
level pianists (difficulty score 16/100).
It is a great choice for students who have mastered basic hand coordination and simple pieces.
What is the mood or feel of You Are My Sunshine Piano Simplified?
Radiant and warm, full of unclouded optimism, moving without effort or hesitation — stripped to essentials, nothing wasted. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
