🎹 Hungarian Dance No. 5 Piano

Johannes Brahms· Intermediate· 1,720 notes· Tempo 130 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025
🎭 Emotional Character
Written dense as a forest, every layer occupied, this piece feels lonely and open, carrying the silence of a world that has gone quiet, carried along on an easy current and speaking loudly without shouting, swinging dramatically between extremes of loud and soft.
Minor Flowing tempo Strong dynamics Dense texture Wide-ranging melody
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🖐 Large Hands
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
5
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
26htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
41 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Moderate - requires coordination between hands

1,720
Total Notes
26%
Interleaved
6.08
Avg N/Beat
16
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼 Hand Interleaving 9/25
26% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
Note Density per Beat 20/30
Busiest beats: 8 notes/beat (avg 6.08) - dense passages
Ornaments & Grace Notes 0/20
16 ornamental notes (0.9%) - no significant ornamentation
📏 Pitch Range (per hand) 6/15
Right: G3–G6 (36 st) | Left: G1–D#4 (32 st)
Largest Interval Leap 6/10
24 st (2 Oct) - large leaps
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
Avg velocity 87/127  ·  Spread 77  ·  Range 49–126
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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
LowestG3
HighestG6
Span36 st (3 Oct)
Notes812
Widest leap24 st  D6→D4
🤚 Left Hand
LowestG1
HighestD#4
Span32 st (2Oct+m6)
Notes908
Widest leap24 st  G3→G1
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes  ·  253 chords
Left Hand
Max chord span: 15 semitones (1Oct+m3)
UnisonOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes  ·  276 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
59%
Repeated
42 of 71 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 30–31
Hardest
📍 Measures 60–61
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 68–69
3rd hardest