🎹 Arabesque Op. 100

Burgmuller· Intermediate· 482 notes· Tempo 129 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Unfolding moving with liquid momentum, this piece is bittersweet and nostalgic, reaching for something beautiful just out of grasp — in a busy, richly detailed texture, traversing a wide emotional arc through stark dynamic contrasts.
Minor Flowing tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Leaping melody
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners 🎓 Intermediate Students ✋ Average Hand Size 🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ 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
32 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

482
Total Notes
19%
Interleaved
4.42
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 4/25
19% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 4.42) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: A3–A6 (36 st) | Left: A2–A4 (24 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
29 st (2Oct+P4) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 74/127  ·  Spread 66  ·  Range 49–115
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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
LowestA3
HighestA6
Span36 st (3 Oct)
Notes180
Widest leap29 st  A6→E4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestA2
HighestA4
Span24 st (2 Oct)
Notes302
Widest leap13 st  F4→E3
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  1 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes  ·  73 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 12 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 5 runs · longest 6 notes
🤚 LH: 7 runs · longest 5 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
46%
Repeated
13 of 28 bars contain repeated phrases — a good portion of the piece recycles earlier material, reducing the unique learning load.
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 3–4
Hardest
📍 Measures 7–8
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 14–15
3rd hardest