🎹 Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Melancholic and still, like rain on a quiet window — rushing through each idea, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
17
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
97htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
61
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
2,474
Total Notes
25%
Interleaved
3.79
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
25% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.79) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: G2–D#7 (56 st) | Left: G1–G4 (36 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
41 st (3Oct+P4) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
5/8
38% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~4.4 notes active per beat (max 8) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 51s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
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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 | G1 |
| Highest | G4 |
| Span | 36 st (3 Oct) |
| Notes | 1,374 |
| Widest leap | 36 st G4→G1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | G2 |
| Highest | D#7 |
| Span | 56 st (4Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 1,100 |
| Widest leap | 41 st C6→G2 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes · 474 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes · 411 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
15%
Repeated
Only 25 of 164 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 106–107
Hardest
📍 Measures 141–142
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 147–148
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano on piano?
Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 61/100.
It was composed by Composed By Dmitri Shostakovich Transcribed By Andrea Tam. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 3m 51s. It contains 2,474 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
17 weeks
(~97 total practice hours) for a advanced level student.
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 10 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich 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 170 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano?
Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 61/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Waltz No. 2 Shostakovich Piano?
Melancholic and still, like rain on a quiet window — rushing through each idea, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 170 BPM.
