🎹 Balade pour Adeline Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Mysterious and haunting, drifting without a horizon, steady and unwavering in tone — patient, letting each moment settle and richly layered with interweaving detail.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ 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
49
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
507
Total Notes
50%
Interleaved
3.81
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
50% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
20/30
Busiest beats: 8 notes/beat (avg 3.81) - dense passages
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: D4–E6 (26 st) | Left: E2–B4 (31 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
3/10
14 st (1Oct+M2) - moderate leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
1% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~2.4 notes active per beat (max 3) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
1/5
2m 06s - 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 | E2 |
| Highest | B4 |
| Span | 31 st (2Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 186 |
| Widest leap | 14 st D4→C3 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | D4 |
| Highest | E6 |
| Span | 26 st (2Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 321 |
| Widest leap | 14 st A5→G4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 3 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 125 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 2 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 2 runs · longest 6 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
59%
Repeated
20 of 34 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 3–4
Hardest
📍 Measures 7–8
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 20–21
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Balade pour Adeline Piano on piano?
Balade pour Adeline Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 49/100.
It was composed by Paul De Senneville. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 2m 06s. It contains 507 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Balade pour Adeline Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Balade pour Adeline 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 Balade pour Adeline Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Balade pour Adeline 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 Balade pour Adeline Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Balade pour Adeline 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 65 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Balade pour Adeline Piano?
Balade pour Adeline Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 49/100).
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 Balade pour Adeline Piano?
Mysterious and haunting, drifting without a horizon, steady and unwavering in tone — patient, letting each moment settle and richly layered with interweaving detail. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 65 BPM.
