🎹 For the beauty of the earth Sheet Piano

John Rutter · Advanced · 1,933 notes· Tempo 73 BPM· 5,000 views· Update 25/12/2025 · Piano · hymns
🎭 Emotional Character
Bleak and unhurried, the sound of winter at dusk, stepping carefully without any rush — active and densely woven throughout.
Minor Slow tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🎹 Concert Pianists 🖐 Large Hands 🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
11
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
67htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
61 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,933
Total Notes
38%
Interleaved
4.27
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
38% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 4.27) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: D4–G#5 (18 st) | Left: B1–D#6 (52 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
41 st (3Oct+P4) - extreme leaps
# Chromatic Complexity 5/8
37% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
Polyphony / Voices 7/7
~5.2 notes active per beat (max 10) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
Piece Length 3/5
3m 15s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 74/127  ·  Spread 78  ·  Range 49–127
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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
LowestB1
HighestD#6
Span52 st (4Oct+M3)
Notes1,705
Widest leap41 st  B1→E5
🖐 Right Hand
LowestD4
HighestG#5
Span18 st (1Oct+TT)
Notes228
Widest leap12 st  F#4→F#5
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Max chord span: 41 semitones (3Oct+P4)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.2 notes  ·  388 chords
⚠️ 205 stretch chords (>octave)
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
6%
Repeated
Only 7 of 114 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 90–91
Hardest
📍 Measures 101–102
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 107–108
3rd hardest