🎹 Book of Circus Piano
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ 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
51
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
896
Total Notes
42%
Interleaved
3.41
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎭 Emotional Character
Shadowy and elusive, never quite resolving, dizzyingly quick from start to finish — active and densely woven throughout.
🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
🎚 Dynamics
f
Mostly f - subtle dynamic shaping
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📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | D#2 |
| Highest | E4 |
| Span | 25 st (2Oct+m2) |
| Notes | 617 |
| Widest leap | 23 st D4→D#2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | E3 |
| Highest | G6 |
| Span | 39 st (3Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 279 |
| Widest leap | 27 st G5→E3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 24 semitones (2 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3 notes · 175 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 24 semitones (2 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 65 chords
⚠️ 1 stretch chords (>octave)
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 1 scale/arpeggio run requiring thumb crossing.
A few short runs — thumb technique needed but not dominant.
🖐 RH: 1 runs · longest 7 notes
🤚 LH: 0 runs · longest 2 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
13%
Repeated
Only 9 of 67 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 9–10
Hardest
📍 Measures 12–13
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 60–61
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Book of Circus Piano on piano?
Book of Circus Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 51/100.
It was composed by One Hell Of A Butler. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 1m 17s. It contains 896 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Book of Circus Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Book of Circus Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
5 weeks
(~26 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 Book of Circus Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Book of Circus Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Book of Circus Piano?
Book of Circus Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 51/100).
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 Book of Circus Piano?
Shadowy and elusive, never quite resolving, dizzyingly quick from start to finish — active and densely woven throughout. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 207 BPM.
