🎹 House of the Rising Sun Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, balanced, neither urgent nor idle — packed with simultaneous motion.
👤 Suggested For
🎹 Concert Pianists
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 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
100
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
2,737
Total Notes
64%
Interleaved
7.48
Avg N/Beat
1214
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
25/25
64% of notes interleave - very dense layering, both hands constantly active
⏱
Note Density per Beat
30/30
Busiest beats: 18 notes/beat (avg 7.48) - extremely dense
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
20/20
1214 ornamental notes (44.4%) - heavy ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: A2–B7 (62 st) | Left: D1–F4 (39 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
32 st (2Oct+m6) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
2/8
13% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3.5 notes active per beat (max 9) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 35s - 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 | D1 |
| Highest | F4 |
| Span | 39 st (3Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 608 |
| Widest leap | 32 st F4→A1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A2 |
| Highest | B7 |
| Span | 62 st (5Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 2,129 |
| Widest leap | 24 st F6→F4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes · 160 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes · 476 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 3 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
Moderate scale work — thumb crossings appear in key passages.
🖐 RH: 3 runs · longest 7 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
0%
Repeated
Only 0 of 94 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 14–15
Hardest
📍 Measures 35–36
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 50–51
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is House of the Rising Sun Piano on piano?
House of the Rising Sun Piano is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 100/100.
It was composed by Victor Demange. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 3m 35s. It contains 2,737 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn House of the Rising Sun Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning House of the Rising Sun 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 House of the Rising Sun Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for House of the Rising Sun Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 4 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for House of the Rising Sun Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for House of the Rising Sun 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 80 BPM.
What piano level is required to play House of the Rising Sun Piano?
House of the Rising Sun Piano is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 100/100).
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 House of the Rising Sun Piano?
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, balanced, neither urgent nor idle — packed with simultaneous motion. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 80 BPM.
