🎹 What a Wonderful World
🎭 Emotional Character
Pastoral and serene, open as a wide green field, steady and unwavering in tone — patient, letting each moment settle and smooth and seamless, one long breath.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🖐 Large Hands
⏰ 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
425
Total Notes
32%
Interleaved
3.57
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
32% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.57) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: C4–D5 (14 st) | Left: C2–A#4 (34 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
33 st (2Oct+M6) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
2/8
15% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~5.4 notes active per beat (max 8) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 05s - short-medium length
🎚 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 | C2 |
| Highest | A#4 |
| Span | 34 st (2Oct+m7) |
| Notes | 277 |
| Widest leap | 33 st A4→C2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | D5 |
| Span | 14 st (1Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 148 |
| Widest leap | 10 st C4→A#4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 34 semitones (2Oct+m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 4.5 notes · 61 chords
⚠️ 61 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🤚 LH: 1 runs · longest 5 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
28%
Repeated
Only 10 of 36 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 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 9–10
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 24–25
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is What a Wonderful World on piano?
What a Wonderful World is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 47/100.
It was composed by George David Weiss And Bob Thiele. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 2m 05s. It contains 425 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn What a Wonderful World?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning What a Wonderful World 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 What a Wonderful World?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for What a Wonderful World directly on this page.
The sheet is 1 page long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for What a Wonderful World piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for What a Wonderful World is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 69 BPM.
What piano level is required to play What a Wonderful World?
What a Wonderful World 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 What a Wonderful World?
Pastoral and serene, open as a wide green field, steady and unwavering in tone — patient, letting each moment settle and smooth and seamless, one long breath. It belongs to the Piano
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genre.
The piece is played at 69 BPM.
