🎹 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement
👤 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
88
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
3,936
Total Notes
41%
Interleaved
5.9
Avg N/Beat
307
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
🎭 Emotional Character
Luminous and warm, glowing from the inside out — each note drawn out like a slow breath, present and measured throughout, with wide dramatic swings in volume.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (mf avg) - strong expressive control needed
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📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | B0 |
| Highest | C6 |
| Span | 61 st (5Oct+m2) |
| Notes | 1,541 |
| Widest leap | 51 st C6→A1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | E1 |
| Highest | F7 |
| Span | 73 st (6Oct+m2) |
| Notes | 2,395 |
| Widest leap | 48 st E7→E3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 33 semitones (2Oct+M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.5 notes · 129 chords
⚠️ 6 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 32 semitones (2Oct+m6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes · 361 chords
⚠️ 4 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: 14 runs · longest 26 notes
🤚 LH: 1 runs · longest 26 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
5%
Repeated
Only 8 of 176 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 71–72
Hardest
📍 Measures 95–96
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 109–110
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement on piano?
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 88/100.
It was composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 10m 45s. It contains 3,936 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement 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 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement directly on this page.
The sheet is 6 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 24 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement?
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 88/100).
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 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - 2nd Movement?
Luminous and warm, glowing from the inside out — each note drawn out like a slow breath, present and measured throughout, with wide dramatic swings in volume. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 24 BPM.
