🎹 Lacrimosa Piano
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
4
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
22htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
51
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
694
Total Notes
29%
Interleaved
3.97
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Murky and withdrawn, holding its weight in silence, consistent and focused throughout, intimate and contained and full of motion in every corner.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
🎚 Dynamics
mp
Uniform mp - very little dynamic contrast
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📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | A1 |
| Highest | D5 |
| Span | 41 st (3Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 338 |
| Widest leap | 28 st A1→C#4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | F3 |
| Highest | D6 |
| Span | 33 st (2Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 356 |
| Widest leap | 17 st E4→A5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 29 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.8 notes · 105 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
4%
Repeated
Only 2 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 10–11
Hardest
📍 Measures 16–17
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 40–41
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Lacrimosa Piano on piano?
Lacrimosa Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 51/100.
It was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 1m 30s. It contains 694 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Lacrimosa Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Lacrimosa Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
4 weeks
(~22 total practice hours) for a intermediate level student.
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Lacrimosa Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Lacrimosa Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Lacrimosa Piano?
Lacrimosa Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 51/100).
You'll need to be comfortable with both hands independently, chord patterns, and steady rhythm before tackling this piece.
What is the mood or feel of Lacrimosa Piano?
Murky and withdrawn, holding its weight in silence, consistent and focused throughout, intimate and contained and full of motion in every corner. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
