🎹 The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Quietly dreadful, where something always lurks nearby, active and densely woven throughout, holding its emotional level to the end.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ 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
51
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
1,085
Total Notes
45%
Interleaved
3.79
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
45% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
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)
6/15
Right: A3–D6 (29 st) | Left: A1–A4 (36 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
6/10
24 st (2 Oct) - large leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
5/8
34% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3.2 notes active per beat (max 5) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 26s - 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 | A1 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 36 st (3 Oct) |
| Notes | 432 |
| Widest leap | 24 st D2→D4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A3 |
| Highest | D6 |
| Span | 29 st (2Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 653 |
| Widest leap | 21 st D4→B5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 103 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 15 semitones (1Oct+m3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes · 157 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 4 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
Moderate scale work — thumb crossings appear in key passages.
🖐 RH: 2 runs · longest 7 notes
🤚 LH: 2 runs · longest 6 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
32%
Repeated
23 of 73 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 8–9
Hardest
📍 Measures 32–33
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 64–65
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano on piano?
The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 51/100.
It was composed by Víkingur Ólafsson / Jean-Philippe Rameau. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 2m 26s. It contains 1,085 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano 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 The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 2 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) 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 120 BPM.
What piano level is required to play The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano?
The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 51/100).
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 The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades) Piano?
Quietly dreadful, where something always lurks nearby, active and densely woven throughout, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
