🎹 Gnossienne No. 2 Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, woven into a continuous, unbroken line, holding its emotional level to the end.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
7
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
47htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
60
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
372
Total Notes
59%
Interleaved
3.44
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
59% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.44) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: F4–G#5 (15 st) | Left: D2–G4 (29 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
27 st (2Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
5/8
27% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~4 notes active per beat (max 5) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 09s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
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Moderate dynamics (mp avg) - clear expression required
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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 | D2 |
| Highest | G4 |
| Span | 29 st (2Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 224 |
| Widest leap | 27 st F4→D2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | F4 |
| Highest | G#5 |
| Span | 15 st (1Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 148 |
| Widest leap | 7 st A4→E5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 64 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 0 semitones (Unison)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 0 notes · 0 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 5 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
38%
Repeated
13 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 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 5–6
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 29–30
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Gnossienne No. 2 Piano on piano?
Gnossienne No. 2 Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 60/100.
It was composed by Erik Satie. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 3m 09s. It contains 372 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Gnossienne No. 2 Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Gnossienne No. 2 Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
7 weeks
(~47 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 Gnossienne No. 2 Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Gnossienne No. 2 Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 2 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Gnossienne No. 2 Piano?
Gnossienne No. 2 Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 60/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Gnossienne No. 2 Piano?
Aching with nostalgia, joy and loss in the same breath, woven into a continuous, unbroken line, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 42 BPM.
