🎹 Close to you Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Softly grieving, wrapped in a patient sadness, balanced, neither urgent nor idle — woven into a continuous, unbroken line.
👤 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
688
Total Notes
48%
Interleaved
2.99
Avg N/Beat
16
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
48% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.99) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
5/20
16 ornamental notes (2.3%) - occasional ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: E3–A#5 (30 st) | Left: A3–A#5 (25 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
3/10
17 st (1Oct+P4) - moderate leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
5/8
32% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~2.5 notes active per beat (max 3) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 55s - 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 | A3 |
| Highest | A#5 |
| Span | 25 st (2Oct+m2) |
| Notes | 468 |
| Widest leap | 15 st F#4→A5 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | E3 |
| Highest | A#5 |
| Span | 30 st (2Oct+TT) |
| Notes | 220 |
| Widest leap | 17 st A4→E3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.1 notes · 211 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 2 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🤚 LH: 2 runs · longest 5 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
35%
Repeated
23 of 65 bars contain repeated phrases — a good portion of the piece recycles earlier material, reducing the unique learning load.
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 58–59
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 63–64
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Close to you Piano on piano?
Close to you Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 46/100.
It was composed by The Carpenters. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 2m 55s. It contains 688 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Close to you Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Close to you 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 Close to you Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Close to you Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Close to you Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Close to you 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 80 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Close to you Piano?
Close to you 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.
