🎹 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, moving without effort or hesitation — active and densely woven throughout.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 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
50
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
2,108
Total Notes
34%
Interleaved
3.66
Avg N/Beat
16
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
34% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.66) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
16 ornamental notes (0.8%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: F3–A6 (40 st) | Left: E1–C4 (32 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
26 st (2Oct+M2) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
3% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~2.9 notes active per beat (max 6) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
5/5
5m 02s - long piece: stamina & memorisation required
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Mostly ff - subtle dynamic shaping
pppmpmfffffff
🎹 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 | E1 |
| Highest | C4 |
| Span | 32 st (2Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 1,048 |
| Widest leap | 26 st B3→A1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | F3 |
| Highest | A6 |
| Span | 40 st (3Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 1,060 |
| Widest leap | 24 st A5→A3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 383 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 297 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 1 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
34%
Repeated
51 of 151 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 72–73
Hardest
📍 Measures 74–75
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 88–89
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano on piano?
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 50/100.
It was composed by Zakura. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 5m 02s. It contains 2,108 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Bad Romance - Lady Gaga 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 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 8 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Bad Romance - Lady Gaga 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 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano?
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 50/100).
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 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Piano?
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, moving without effort or hesitation — active and densely woven throughout. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
