🎹 Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Achingly gentle, touching grief without a sound, settled and full in its voice — stepping carefully without any rush, holding its emotional level to the end.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
11
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
67htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
65
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
2,528
Total Notes
17%
Interleaved
2.58
Avg N/Beat
244
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
4/25
17% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 2.58) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
12/20
244 ornamental notes (9.7%) - frequent ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: D#4–A#5 (19 st) | Left: B1–A#5 (47 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
33 st (2Oct+M6) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
8/8
65% black-key notes - heavy accidentals, hard to sight-read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3 notes active per beat (max 10) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
5/5
13m 42s - long piece: stamina & memorisation required
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
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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 | B1 |
| Highest | A#5 |
| Span | 47 st (3Oct+M7) |
| Notes | 2,298 |
| Widest leap | 33 st G#5→B2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | D#4 |
| Highest | A#5 |
| Span | 19 st (1Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 230 |
| Widest leap | 15 st D#4→F#5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 36 semitones (3 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.9 notes · 502 chords
⚠️ 326 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 14 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 0 runs · longest 4 notes
🤚 LH: 14 runs · longest 8 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
31%
Repeated
113 of 369 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 6–7
Hardest
📍 Measures 9–10
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 93–94
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano on piano?
Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 65/100.
It was composed by Giovanni Felice Sances. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 13m 42s. It contains 2,528 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
11 weeks
(~67 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 Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 22 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) 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 71 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano?
Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 65/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Stabat mater (Pianto della Madonna) Piano?
Achingly gentle, touching grief without a sound, settled and full in its voice — stepping carefully without any rush, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 71 BPM.
