🎹 Fantasia No. 4 Violin
🎭 Emotional Character
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone, steady and unwavering in tone — fluid and unforced and smooth and seamless, one long breath.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
5
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
26htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
36
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
1,220
Total Notes
38%
Interleaved
1.92
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
38% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
2/30
Busiest beats: 3 notes/beat (avg 1.92) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: C4–A5 (21 st) | Left: D2–D5 (36 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
27 st (2Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
3% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~2.7 notes active per beat (max 3) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
5/5
6m 44s - 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 | D2 |
| Highest | D5 |
| Span | 36 st (3 Oct) |
| Notes | 820 |
| Widest leap | 27 st C5→A2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | A5 |
| Span | 21 st (1Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 400 |
| Widest leap | 17 st C4→F5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 27 semitones (2Oct+m3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 220 chords
⚠️ 85 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 15 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 11 runs · longest 7 notes
🤚 LH: 4 runs · longest 7 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
19%
Repeated
Only 38 of 202 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 187–188
Hardest
📍 Measures 193–194
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 198–199
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Fantasia No. 4 Violin on piano?
Fantasia No. 4 Violin is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 36/100.
It was composed by William Byrd. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 6m 44s. It contains 1,220 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Fantasia No. 4 Violin?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Fantasia No. 4 Violin to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
5 weeks
(~26 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 Fantasia No. 4 Violin?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Fantasia No. 4 Violin directly on this page.
The sheet is 6 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Fantasia No. 4 Violin?
Fantasia No. 4 Violin is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 36/100).
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 Fantasia No. 4 Violin?
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone, steady and unwavering in tone — fluid and unforced and smooth and seamless, one long breath. It belongs to the Violin
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
