🎹 Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Passionate and turbulent, burning between grief and will — fluid and unforced, present and measured throughout, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
29
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
186htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
66
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
1,447
Total Notes
33%
Interleaved
3.73
Avg N/Beat
58
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
33% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.73) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
5/20
58 ornamental notes (4%) - occasional ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: B2–F7 (54 st) | Left: A#1–C5 (38 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
31 st (2Oct+P5) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
8/8
40% black-key notes - heavy accidentals, hard to sight-read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3.2 notes active per beat (max 7) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 22s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Wide dynamic range (mf avg) - strong expressive control needed
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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 | A#1 |
| Highest | C5 |
| Span | 38 st (3Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 647 |
| Widest leap | 31 st C2→G4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | B2 |
| Highest | F7 |
| Span | 54 st (4Oct+TT) |
| Notes | 800 |
| Widest leap | 20 st D3→A#4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 14 semitones (1Oct+M2)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.6 notes · 140 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 14 semitones (1Oct+M2)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes · 61 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ 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 4 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
28%
Repeated
Only 29 of 102 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 78–79
Hardest
📍 Measures 81–82
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 83–84
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano on piano?
Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 66/100.
It was composed by Chopin. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 3m 22s. It contains 1,447 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
29 weeks
(~186 total practice hours) for a expert level student.
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 5 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 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 120 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano?
Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 66/100).
This is expert-level repertoire. Strong sight-reading, high note density stamina, and polished expressive technique are essential.
What is the mood or feel of Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 Piano?
Passionate and turbulent, burning between grief and will — fluid and unforced, present and measured throughout, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
