🎹 The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, packed with simultaneous motion, expressively ranging from soft to loud.
👤 Suggested For
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 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
96
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
4,042
Total Notes
39%
Interleaved
10.05
Avg N/Beat
707
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
39% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
30/30
Busiest beats: 12 notes/beat (avg 10.05) - extremely dense
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
20/20
707 ornamental notes (17.5%) - heavy ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: C3–A5 (33 st) | Left: E1–A6 (65 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
65 st (5Oct+P4) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
2/8
17% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~5.6 notes active per beat (max 11) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 20s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (f 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 | E1 |
| Highest | A6 |
| Span | 65 st (5Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 3,738 |
| Widest leap | 65 st E1→A6 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C3 |
| Highest | A5 |
| Span | 33 st (2Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 304 |
| Widest leap | 21 st A4→C3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 65 semitones (5Oct+P4)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 4.1 notes · 909 chords
⚠️ 465 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 38 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
12%
Repeated
Only 12 of 102 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 34–35
Hardest
📍 Measures 50–51
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 55–56
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano on piano?
The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 96/100.
It was composed by Bernard Delahaye. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 3m 20s. It contains 4,042 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning The house of the rising sun (The Animals) 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 The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 6 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for The house of the rising sun (The Animals) 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 90 BPM.
What piano level is required to play The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano?
The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 96/100).
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 The house of the rising sun (The Animals) Piano?
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, packed with simultaneous motion, expressively ranging from soft to loud. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 90 BPM.
