🎹 Gnossienne No. 2 Piano

Erik Satie· Advanced· 372 notes· Tempo 42 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
This piece is achingly wistful, tasting joy and loss in the same long breath, each note arriving like a slow-drawn breath, with a soft, contained voice, unwavering in its chosen volume and character.
Minor Very slow tempo Quiet dynamics Flowing texture Leaping melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students ✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
7
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
47htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
45 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

372
Total Notes
59%
Interleaved
3.44
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 17/25
59% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.44) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: F4–G#5 (15 st) | Left: D2–G4 (29 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
27 st (2Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
mp
Moderate dynamics (mp avg) - clear expression required
Avg velocity 50/127  ·  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
LowestF4
HighestG#5
Span15 st (1Oct+m3)
Notes148
Widest leap7 st  A4→E5
🤚 Left Hand
LowestD2
HighestG4
Span29 st (2Oct+P4)
Notes224
Widest leap27 st  F4→D2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes  ·  0 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes  ·  64 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 2 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 2 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
38%
Repeated
13 of 34 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 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 5–6
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 29–30
3rd hardest