🎹 Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major
🎭 Emotional Character
Soft and hopeful, like the first light of morning, packed with simultaneous motion, expressively ranging from soft to loud.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎹 Concert Pianists
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
24
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
156htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
94
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
1,926
Total Notes
28%
Interleaved
12.59
Avg N/Beat
158
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
28% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
30/30
Busiest beats: 16 notes/beat (avg 12.59) - extremely dense
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
12/20
158 ornamental notes (8.2%) - frequent ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: F#3–E7 (46 st) | Left: A1–D#6 (54 st)
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Largest Interval Leap
10/10
34 st (2Oct+m7) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
8/8
44% black-key notes - heavy accidentals, hard to sight-read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~4 notes active per beat (max 7) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 53s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f 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 | A1 |
| Highest | D#6 |
| Span | 54 st (4Oct+TT) |
| Notes | 751 |
| Widest leap | 33 st F#2→D#5 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | F#3 |
| Highest | E7 |
| Span | 46 st (3Oct+m7) |
| Notes | 1,175 |
| Widest leap | 34 st B3→A6 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes · 216 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 14 semitones (1Oct+M2)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes · 473 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
3%
Repeated
Only 1 of 39 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 21–22
Hardest
📍 Measures 23–24
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 25–26
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major on piano?
Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 94/100.
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 53s. It contains 1,926 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
24 weeks
(~156 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 Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major directly on this page.
The sheet is 4 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major?
Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 94/100).
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 Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major?
Soft and hopeful, like the first light of morning, packed with simultaneous motion, expressively ranging from soft to loud. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 15 BPM.
