🎹 La Valse d'Amélie Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone — fluid and unforced, neither withdrawn nor demanding, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ 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
33
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
1,164
Total Notes
34%
Interleaved
3.38
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
34% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 4 notes/beat (avg 3.38) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: C4–E6 (28 st) | Left: C2–C5 (36 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
6/10
19 st (1Oct+P5) - large leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
0/8
0% black-key notes - mostly white keys, easy to read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~2.8 notes active per beat (max 5) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 04s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Wide dynamic range (mf avg) - strong expressive control needed
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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 | C2 |
| Highest | C5 |
| Span | 36 st (3 Oct) |
| Notes | 644 |
| Widest leap | 17 st D4→A2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C4 |
| Highest | E6 |
| Span | 28 st (2Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 520 |
| Widest leap | 19 st B5→E4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 11 semitones (M7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes · 84 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 24 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 3 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
48%
Repeated
44 of 92 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 17–18
Hardest
📍 Measures 29–30
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 32–33
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is La Valse d'Amélie Piano on piano?
La Valse d'Amélie Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 33/100.
It was composed by Yann Tiersen. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 3m 04s. It contains 1,164 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn La Valse d'Amélie Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning La Valse d'Amélie 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 La Valse d'Amélie Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for La Valse d'Amélie Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play La Valse d'Amélie Piano?
La Valse d'Amélie Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 33/100).
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 La Valse d'Amélie Piano?
Bittersweet and wistful, reaching for what is just gone — fluid and unforced, neither withdrawn nor demanding, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
