🎹 Gnossienne No. 7
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
3
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
18htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
48
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
878
Total Notes
31%
Interleaved
3.2
Avg N/Beat
49
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Shadowy and elusive, never quite resolving, woven into a continuous, unbroken line, expressively ranging from soft to loud.
🎹 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 | B0 |
| Highest | A#4 |
| Span | 47 st (3Oct+M7) |
| Notes | 595 |
| Widest leap | 39 st E4→C#1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | D#3 |
| Highest | G6 |
| Span | 40 st (3Oct+M3) |
| Notes | 283 |
| Widest leap | 28 st A#3→D6 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.9 notes · 185 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.9 notes · 15 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 7 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 7 runs · longest 6 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
28%
Repeated
Only 23 of 82 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 1–2
Hardest
📍 Measures 3–4
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 54–55
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Gnossienne No. 7 on piano?
Gnossienne No. 7 is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 48/100.
It was composed by Erik Satie. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 4m 18s. It contains 878 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Gnossienne No. 7?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Gnossienne No. 7 to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
3 weeks
(~18 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 Gnossienne No. 7?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Gnossienne No. 7 directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Gnossienne No. 7 piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Gnossienne No. 7 is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 32 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Gnossienne No. 7?
Gnossienne No. 7 is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 48/100).
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 Gnossienne No. 7?
Shadowy and elusive, never quite resolving, woven into a continuous, unbroken line, expressively ranging from soft to loud. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 32 BPM.
