🎹 Waltz No. 2 Violin
🎭 Emotional Character
Eerie and unsettled, at the edge of the uncanny — rushing through each idea, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
5
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
26htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
32
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
954
Total Notes
15%
Interleaved
1.96
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
4/25
15% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
⏱
Note Density per Beat
2/30
Busiest beats: 3 notes/beat (avg 1.96) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: A#3–G6 (33 st) | Left: F#2–A4 (27 st)
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Largest Interval Leap
10/10
29 st (2Oct+P4) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
5/8
37% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~1.8 notes active per beat (max 4) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
4m 07s - 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 | F#2 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 27 st (2Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 386 |
| Widest leap | 24 st F#2→F#4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A#3 |
| Highest | G6 |
| Span | 33 st (2Oct+M6) |
| Notes | 568 |
| Widest leap | 29 st C#4→F#6 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 17 semitones (1Oct+P4)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 43 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 5 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
Moderate scale work — thumb crossings appear in key passages.
🖐 RH: 3 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 2 runs · longest 5 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
27%
Repeated
Only 44 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 110–111
Hardest
📍 Measures 113–114
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 163–164
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Waltz No. 2 Violin on piano?
Waltz No. 2 Violin is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 32/100.
It was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 4m 07s. It contains 954 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Waltz No. 2 Violin?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Waltz No. 2 Violin to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
5 weeks
(~26 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 Waltz No. 2 Violin?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Waltz No. 2 Violin directly on this page.
The sheet is 6 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Waltz No. 2 Violin?
Waltz No. 2 Violin is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 32/100).
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 Waltz No. 2 Violin?
Eerie and unsettled, at the edge of the uncanny — rushing through each idea, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Violin
genre.
The piece is played at 160 BPM.
