🎹 Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo)
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🎼 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
81
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
3,161
Total Notes
22%
Interleaved
6.16
Avg N/Beat
782
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Desolate and open, echoing across a vast emptiness, with wide dramatic swings in volume — patient, letting each moment settle and thick and saturated, no space left empty.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Wide dynamic range (mf avg) - strong expressive control needed
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📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | A1 |
| Highest | G4 |
| Span | 34 st (2Oct+m7) |
| Notes | 1,507 |
| Widest leap | 24 st D#4→D#2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | G3 |
| Highest | G7 |
| Span | 48 st (4 Oct) |
| Notes | 1,654 |
| Widest leap | 34 st D#7→F4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 14 semitones (1Oct+M2)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 84 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.1 notes · 192 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 52 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 24 runs · longest 23 notes
🤚 LH: 28 runs · longest 14 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
29%
Repeated
Only 38 of 130 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 121–122
Hardest
📍 Measures 124–125
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 126–127
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo) on piano?
Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo) is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 81/100.
It was composed by Johan Halvorsen. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 6m 34s. It contains 3,161 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo)?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (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 Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo)?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo) directly on this page.
The sheet is 10 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo) piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (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 71 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo)?
Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo) is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 81/100).
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 Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, Op. 20 No. 2 (Piano Solo)?
Desolate and open, echoing across a vast emptiness, with wide dramatic swings in volume — patient, letting each moment settle and thick and saturated, no space left empty. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 71 BPM.
