🎹 Gymnopédie No. 3 Piano

Erik Satie· Intermediate· 326 notes· Tempo 48 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written in a texture that moves like a single sustained breath, this piece feels achingly wistful, tasting joy and loss in the same long breath, each note arriving like a slow-drawn breath and with a soft, contained voice, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Minor Very slow tempo Quiet dynamics Flowing texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students ✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ 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
42 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

326
Total Notes
41%
Interleaved
2.3
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 17/25
41% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
Note Density per Beat 5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.3) - comfortable density
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: C4–A5 (21 st) | Left: G1–A4 (38 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
36 st (3 Oct) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
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Moderate dynamics (mp avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 49/127  ·  Spread 31  ·  Range 33–64
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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
🖐 Right Hand
LowestC4
HighestA5
Span21 st (1Oct+M6)
Notes91
Widest leap14 st  D4→E5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestG1
HighestA4
Span38 st (3Oct+M2)
Notes235
Widest leap36 st  G1→G4
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes  ·  3 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes  ·  59 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
29%
Repeated
Only 13 of 45 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 7–8
Hardest
📍 Measures 10–11
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 25–26
3rd hardest