🎹 Idea 9 Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Murky and withdrawn, holding its weight in silence, consistent and focused throughout, confident without pressing and connected from first note to last.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ 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
55
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
946
Total Notes
62%
Interleaved
2.42
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
25/25
62% of notes interleave - very dense layering, both hands constantly active
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 2.42) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: C5–G6 (19 st) | Left: G1–A#4 (39 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
35 st (2Oct+M7) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
0/8
11% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3.5 notes active per beat (max 5) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 14s - short-medium length
🎚 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 | G1 |
| Highest | A#4 |
| Span | 39 st (3Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 512 |
| Widest leap | 35 st A4→A#1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C5 |
| Highest | G6 |
| Span | 19 st (1Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 434 |
| Widest leap | 12 st D5→D6 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 165 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 13 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
37%
Repeated
40 of 109 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 19–20
Hardest
📍 Measures 100–101
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 106–107
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Idea 9 Piano on piano?
Idea 9 Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 55/100.
It was composed by Gibran Alcocer. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 2m 14s. It contains 946 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Idea 9 Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Idea 9 Piano 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 Idea 9 Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Idea 9 Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 5 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Idea 9 Piano?
Idea 9 Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 55/100).
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 Idea 9 Piano?
Murky and withdrawn, holding its weight in silence, consistent and focused throughout, confident without pressing and connected from first note to last. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 97 BPM.
