🎹 Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone, steady and unwavering in tone — fluid and unforced and richly layered with interweaving detail.
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
29
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
186htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
66
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
2,780
Total Notes
52%
Interleaved
4.38
Avg N/Beat
2
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
52% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 4.38) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
2 ornamental notes (0.1%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: E4–A6 (29 st) | Left: F0–E5 (59 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
57 st (4Oct+M6) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
0% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~4.8 notes active per beat (max 8) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
5/5
5m 27s - long piece: stamina & memorisation required
🎚 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 | F0 |
| Highest | E5 |
| Span | 59 st (4Oct+M7) |
| Notes | 2,150 |
| Widest leap | 57 st F0→D5 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | E4 |
| Highest | A6 |
| Span | 29 st (2Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 630 |
| Widest leap | 24 st E4→E6 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 57 semitones (4Oct+M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.8 notes · 579 chords
⚠️ 265 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 162 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🤚 LH: 1 runs · longest 5 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
57%
Repeated
94 of 164 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 19–20
Hardest
📍 Measures 65–66
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 97–98
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano on piano?
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 66/100.
It was composed by Composed By Motoi Sakuraba. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 5m 27s. It contains 2,780 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
29 weeks
(~186 total practice hours) for a expert level student.
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 5 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Gwyn, Lord of Cinder 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 Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano?
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 66/100).
This is expert-level repertoire. Strong sight-reading, high note density stamina, and polished expressive technique are essential.
What is the mood or feel of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Piano?
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone, steady and unwavering in tone — fluid and unforced and richly layered with interweaving detail. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
