🎹 Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano)

Johannes Brahms· Advanced· 2,075 notes· Tempo 140 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written in a thick, saturated texture, this piece feels somber and ceremonial, weighty as stone and solemn as a tolling bell, racing through ideas with barely a pause and assertive and full-bodied in its expression, traversing a wide emotional arc through stark dynamic contrasts.
Minor Fast tempo Strong dynamics Dense texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students 🎹 Concert Pianists 🖐 Large Hands 🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
13
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
77htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
64 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

2,075
Total Notes
27%
Interleaved
8.27
Avg N/Beat
21
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
27% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 30/30
Busiest beats: 13 notes/beat (avg 8.27) - extremely dense
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
21 ornamental notes (1%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 15/15
Right: C#4–F#7 (41 st) | Left: C#1–F#6 (65 st)
Largest Interval Leap 10/10
51 st (4Oct+m3) - extreme leaps
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Wide dynamic range (ff avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 91/127  ·  Spread 63  ·  Range 49–112
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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
LowestC#4
HighestF#7
Span41 st (3Oct+P4)
Notes487
Widest leap24 st  F#4→F#6
🤚 Left Hand
LowestC#1
HighestF#6
Span65 st (5Oct+P4)
Notes1,588
Widest leap51 st  F#1→A5
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes  ·  81 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 50 semitones (4Oct+M2)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.2 notes  ·  419 chords
⚠️ 304 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
37%
Repeated
23 of 63 bars contain repeated phrases — a good portion of the piece recycles earlier material, reducing the unique learning load.
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 33–34
Hardest
📍 Measures 36–37
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 44–45
3rd hardest