🎹 Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano)
👤 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
193
Total Notes
17%
Interleaved
1.6
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Dark and brooding, pulling steadily inward — fluid and unforced, steady and unwavering in tone.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
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📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | C3 |
| Highest | B3 |
| Span | 11 st (M7) |
| Notes | 121 |
| Widest leap | 9 st A3→C3 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | D6 |
| Span | 26 st (2Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 72 |
| Widest leap | 12 st D4→D5 |
🖐 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: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 1 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 2 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 2 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 4 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
10%
Repeated
Only 3 of 31 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 6–7
Hardest
📍 Measures 17–18
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 20–21
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano) on piano?
Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano) is rated
Beginner
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 16/100.
It was composed by Old English Ballad Simon & Garfunkel, 1966. This piece is suitable for beginners who have mastered basic hand coordination and simple scales. The piece runs approximately 1m 01s. It contains 193 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano)?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano) 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 Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano)?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano) 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 Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano) piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Scarborough Fair (Simplified 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 120 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano)?
Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano) 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 Scarborough Fair (Simplified piano)?
Dark and brooding, pulling steadily inward — fluid and unforced, steady and unwavering in tone. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
