🎹 Arabesque Op. 100
🎭 Emotional Character
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone — fluid and unforced, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
✋ 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
36
/ 100
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
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
3% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3.3 notes active per beat (max 4) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
0/5
52s - short piece
🎚 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 | A2 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 24 st (2 Oct) |
| Notes | 302 |
| Widest leap | 13 st F4→E3 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A3 |
| Highest | A6 |
| Span | 36 st (3 Oct) |
| Notes | 180 |
| Widest leap | 29 st A6→E4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 73 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 1 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
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Arabesque Op. 100 on piano?
Arabesque Op. 100 is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 36/100.
It was composed by Burgmuller. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 52s. It contains 482 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Arabesque Op. 100?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Arabesque Op. 100 to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
3 weeks
(~18 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 Arabesque Op. 100?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Arabesque Op. 100 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 Arabesque Op. 100?
Arabesque Op. 100 is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 36/100).
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 Arabesque Op. 100?
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone — fluid and unforced, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 129 BPM.
