🎹 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Melancholic and still, like rain on a quiet window — each note drawn out like a slow breath, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
👤 Suggested For
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
24
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
156htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
92
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
1,590
Total Notes
27%
Interleaved
8.46
Avg N/Beat
563
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
27% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
30/30
Busiest beats: 16 notes/beat (avg 8.46) - extremely dense
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
20/20
563 ornamental notes (35.4%) - heavy ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: G2–G7 (60 st) | Left: B0–G6 (68 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
63 st (5Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
5/8
28% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~2.5 notes active per beat (max 8) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 58s - short-medium length
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (mf avg) - strong expressive control needed
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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 | B0 |
| Highest | G6 |
| Span | 68 st (5Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 814 |
| Widest leap | 63 st C1→D#6 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | G2 |
| Highest | G7 |
| Span | 60 st (5 Oct) |
| Notes | 776 |
| Widest leap | 44 st G6→B2 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 48 semitones (4 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes · 154 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 48 semitones (4 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes · 133 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 9 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 9 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 4 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
0%
Repeated
Only 0 of 50 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 35–36
Hardest
📍 Measures 38–39
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 47–48
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano on piano?
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 92/100.
It was composed by Richard Pogoson. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 2m 58s. It contains 1,590 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
24 weeks
(~156 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 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 7 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 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 10 BPM.
What piano level is required to play God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano?
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 92/100).
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 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano?
Melancholic and still, like rain on a quiet window — each note drawn out like a slow breath, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
· Hymns
· Nhạc thánh ca
genre.
The piece is played at 10 BPM.
