The 10 Hardest and Impossible Piano Songs to Play

This is synth piano music first created on June 1, 2018 on Synthesia, then published the same day on YouTube by Sheet Music Boss held by 2 Australian pianists.

What justifies the name Rush E? Rush means “rush” or “race”, and the E corresponds to the note E in the American scale, so we’ll translate it as “The race to E”.

To familiarize yourself with this song, we recommend you check out our article which will make you learn how to play the notes of Rush E on the piano.

The song from the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, released in 2003, was written by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer and featured on the film’s album. It is the soundtrack’s best-known piece of music, and is featured in the trailers for all the films in the series.

Are you ready to set sail? Explore our article to discover how to play Pirates of the Caribbean notes on the piano.

Why the name of the song? Quite simply, it’s a contraction of “transylvania”, a region associated with the Halloween theme, and “Megalomania”, music from the RPG Live A Live.

Megalovania features in the video game Undertale, developed by Toby Fox and released in 2015. The game has been a hit with the independent video game community. Its original story, highly atypical graphics and colorful characters appealed to a wide audience.

This song is very rhythmic and difficult to reproduce on the piano. However, amateur pianists can play the melody in an easy version without having to spend years practicing the original song.

Would you like to play this difficult song the same way you play the most difficult video games? Check out our article that will show you how to play the notes from Megalovania on the piano.

Frédéric Chopin’s Fantaisie–Impromptu or Impromptu n^o4 is an impromptu for solo piano composed in 1834. It was published posthumously by Chopin’s close pianist Julian Fontana in 1855. Its melodic beauty and lively musicality make it one of Chopin’s most popular pieces.

However, it remains one of the hardest pieces to play on the piano, due to its technicality and speed of execution. You’ll find a simplified version of this song in our La Touche Musicale application.

La Campanella (Italian for “The little bell”) is a famous piano piece in G sharp minor, the third etude in the Grandes études de Paganini series composed in 1838 by Hungarian virtuoso Franz Liszt. The song is inspired by the sound of a bell.

Only virtuoso pianists can master this piece, which has become the most popular of all time. Although appreciated by music lovers of all ages, it is very difficult to play on the piano because of its rapidity of execution, dexterity and flexibility.

The Maple Leaf Rag was one of the ragtimes written by American composer Scott Joplin in 1899. It is one of the best-known pieces of ragtime, a unique style of music born in the late 19th century in the USA and blending jazz and classical music.

Where does its name come from? It’s named after the ” Maple Leaf Club “ (Sedalia, in the state of Missouri), a club where Scott Joplin regularly came to play.

This composition, famous for its driving rhythm and crucial role in African-American history, is relatively difficult to play on the piano and continues to seduce pianists across the globe.

Flight of the Bumblebee is a piece of music composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and based on a poem by Pushkin. It is one of the world’s best-known and fastest-playing pieces of classical music, and features in numerous films and cartoons, such as Shine and Looney Tunes.

The notes of this song follow one another like a drone that never stops buzzing. That’s why it’s so difficult to play, because of its fast tempo and technical difficulty.

You’ll find a excerpt piano score of Flight of the Bumblebee in pdf format in our article.

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, also known as the Fate Symphony, is one of the German composer’s most famous works. It was first performed in public at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808.

The main characteristic of this song is its short, distinctive, widely recognizable four-note motif. Often regarded as one of the most iconic symphonies in classical music history, it features in numerous films, television programs and orchestras around the world. Over the centuries, its power and dynamism have captured the interest of a wide audience.

Danse Macabre is a famous musical composition by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, premiered in 1874. Inspired by a French poem by Henri Cazalis, this work is often associated with the image of the dance of death. People dressed as skeletons dance at midnight on Halloween.

The song is therefore both chilling and rousing, telling us that death is inevitable. It is one of the most emblematic compositions in the 19th-century classical music repertoire.

Often performed at concerts and cultural events, Danse Macabre continues to captivate listeners of all ages.

Written by French composer and pianist Sofiane Pamart and released on the 2019 album “Planet”, La Havane has become one of our most popular tracks.

The song is a vibrant tribute to the city of Havana, celebrating its beauty and dynamism. It takes us on a sensory journey filled with color, rhythm and emotion, and invites us to dance to the sound of salsa. Its technical complexity makes it a must for all piano lovers.