🎹 Last Christmas Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Stately and powerful, moving with quiet authority, woven into a continuous, unbroken line, holding its emotional level to the end.
👤 Suggested For
🌱 Complete Beginners
📖 Early Learners
✋ Average Hand Size
👨🏫 Teaching Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
1
weeks to performance-ready
A comfortable piece to learn in a few sessions — great for building confidence.
3hper week
9htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~3h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Beginner
12
/ 100
Accessible - both hands stay in comfortable positions
318
Total Notes
1%
Interleaved
2.86
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
1/25
1% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.86) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
3/15
Right: E3–A4 (17 st) | Left: E3–A4 (17 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
3/10
16 st (1Oct+M3) - moderate leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
0% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
0/7
~1 notes active per beat (max 3) - mostly single-line melody
⏳
Piece Length
0/5
1m 29s - short piece
🎚 Dynamics
f
Moderate dynamics (f avg) - clear expression required
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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 | E3 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 17 st (1Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 159 |
| Widest leap | 16 st F3→A4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | E3 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 17 st (1Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 159 |
| Widest leap | 16 st F3→A4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
63%
Repeated
25 of 40 bars share repeated material — over half the piece repeats, meaning you only need to truly master 15 unique bars.
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 17–18
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 24–25
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Last Christmas Piano on piano?
Last Christmas Piano is rated
Beginner
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 12/100.
It was composed by George Michael. This piece is suitable for beginners who have mastered basic hand coordination and simple scales. The piece runs approximately 1m 29s. It contains 318 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Last Christmas Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Last Christmas Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
1 weeks
(~9 total practice hours) for a beginner level student.
A comfortable piece to learn in a few sessions — great for building confidence.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Last Christmas Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Last Christmas Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 2 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Last Christmas Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Last Christmas 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 108 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Last Christmas Piano?
Last Christmas Piano is suited for
Beginner
level pianists (difficulty score 12/100).
It is a great choice for students who have mastered basic hand coordination and simple pieces.
What is the mood or feel of Last Christmas Piano?
Stately and powerful, moving with quiet authority, woven into a continuous, unbroken line, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 108 BPM.
