🎹 Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo
🎭 Emotional Character
Sharp and unsettled, as if something is always pending and grounded and steady — confident without pressing, every layer occupied at once.
👤 Suggested For
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
24
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
156htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
100
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
5,478
Total Notes
47%
Interleaved
8.72
Avg N/Beat
1289
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
17/25
47% of notes interleave - frequent interleaving, needs good independence
⏱
Note Density per Beat
30/30
Busiest beats: 14 notes/beat (avg 8.72) - extremely dense
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
20/20
1289 ornamental notes (23.5%) - heavy ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: G2–G#7 (61 st) | Left: C1–C#7 (73 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
58 st (4Oct+m7) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
5/8
36% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3 notes active per beat (max 8) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
5/5
8m 30s - long piece: stamina & memorisation required
🎚 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 | C1 |
| Highest | C#7 |
| Span | 73 st (6Oct+m2) |
| Notes | 2,901 |
| Widest leap | 58 st F6→G1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | G2 |
| Highest | G#7 |
| Span | 61 st (5Oct+m2) |
| Notes | 2,577 |
| Widest leap | 47 st G#7→A3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 24 semitones (2 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes · 655 chords
⚠️ 18 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 16 semitones (1Oct+M3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes · 619 chords
⚠️ 11 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 15 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 7 runs · longest 26 notes
🤚 LH: 8 runs · longest 10 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
2%
Repeated
Only 3 of 160 bars repeat — this piece is largely through-composed with mostly unique material throughout.
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 130–131
Hardest
📍 Measures 132–133
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 136–137
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo on piano?
Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 100/100.
It was composed by Franz Liszt. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 8m 30s. It contains 5,478 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
24 weeks
(~156 total practice hours) for a expert level student.
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo directly on this page.
The sheet is 12 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 86 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo?
Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 100/100).
This is expert-level repertoire. Strong sight-reading, high note density stamina, and polished expressive technique are essential.
What is the mood or feel of Hymne à Sainte Cécile Piano Solo?
Sharp and unsettled, as if something is always pending and grounded and steady — confident without pressing, every layer occupied at once. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 86 BPM.
