🎹 Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ 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
47
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
954
Total Notes
56%
Interleaved
3.07
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Shadowy and elusive, never quite resolving, light in its touch, never insisting — balanced, neither urgent nor idle, holding its emotional level to the end.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
🎚 Dynamics
mp
Moderate dynamics (mp avg) - clear expression required
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📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | D3 |
| Highest | F#5 |
| Span | 28 st (2Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 739 |
| Widest leap | 26 st F#5→E3 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | D4 |
| Highest | B5 |
| Span | 21 st (1Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 215 |
| Widest leap | 12 st E4→E5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 26 semitones (2Oct+M2)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 120 chords
⚠️ 60 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 40 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 4 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
Moderate scale work — thumb crossings appear in key passages.
🖐 RH: 4 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
37%
Repeated
29 of 78 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 26–27
Hardest
📍 Measures 44–45
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 62–63
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano on piano?
Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 47/100.
It was composed by Simon And Garfunkel. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 3m 07s. It contains 954 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Scarborough Fair/Canticle 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 Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Scarborough Fair/Canticle 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 Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Scarborough Fair/Canticle 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 100 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano?
Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 47/100).
You'll need to be comfortable with both hands independently, chord patterns, and steady rhythm before tackling this piece.
What is the mood or feel of Scarborough Fair/Canticle Piano?
Shadowy and elusive, never quite resolving, light in its touch, never insisting — balanced, neither urgent nor idle, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 100 BPM.
