🎹 Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1
🎭 Emotional Character
Desolate and open, echoing across a vast emptiness — each note drawn out like a slow breath, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
👤 Suggested For
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 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
89
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
1,756
Total Notes
51%
Interleaved
4.67
Avg N/Beat
322
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎚 Dynamics
mp
Wide dynamic range (mp 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 | D#1 |
| Highest | G5 |
| Span | 52 st (4Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 742 |
| Widest leap | 28 st G3→D#1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | G#2 |
| Highest | D#7 |
| Span | 55 st (4Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 1,014 |
| Widest leap | 27 st A#5→G3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 16 semitones (1Oct+M3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes · 11 chords
⚠️ 9 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 15 semitones (1Oct+m3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.8 notes · 84 chords
⚠️ 3 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 3 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
Moderate scale work — thumb crossings appear in key passages.
🖐 RH: 3 runs · longest 6 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
1%
Repeated
Only 1 of 95 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 15–16
Hardest
📍 Measures 40–41
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 59–60
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1 on piano?
Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1 is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 89/100.
It was composed by Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 6m 22s. It contains 1,756 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1 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 Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1 directly on this page.
The sheet is 6 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1 piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1 is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 12 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1?
Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1 is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 89/100).
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 Nocturne (Diana) Opus 24 No. 1?
Desolate and open, echoing across a vast emptiness — each note drawn out like a slow breath, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 12 BPM.
