🎹 Hummelflug Piano

Nikolai Andreyevitch Rimsky-Korsakov· Intermediate· 1,133 notes· Tempo 144 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written with many voices weaving in and out, this piece feels tender and regretful, loving what can no longer be held, propelled forward with restless energy and neither pressing nor retreating, swinging dramatically between extremes of loud and soft.
Minor Fast tempo Gentle dynamics Busy texture Leaping melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🎼 Scale Technique Focus
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
6
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
30htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
36 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

1,133
Total Notes
12%
Interleaved
5.69
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 4/25
12% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
Note Density per Beat 12/30
Busiest beats: 7 notes/beat (avg 5.69) - moderately busy
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 10/15
Right: A3–A6 (36 st) | Left: A1–D5 (41 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
28 st (2Oct+M3) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (mp avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 54/127  ·  Spread 63  ·  Range 33–96
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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
🖐 Right Hand
LowestA3
HighestA6
Span36 st (3 Oct)
Notes690
Widest leap24 st  A6→A4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestA1
HighestD5
Span41 st (3Oct+P4)
Notes443
Widest leap28 st  G#4→E2
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes  ·  6 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 14 semitones (1Oct+M2)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.8 notes  ·  81 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 26 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing. This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 24 runs · longest 28 notes
🤚 LH: 2 runs · longest 8 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
24%
Repeated
Only 12 of 51 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 7–8
Hardest
📍 Measures 33–34
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 36–37
3rd hardest