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🎹 Cranes Piano

Yan Frenkel · Advanced · 1,613 notes· Tempo 80 BPM· 6,000 views· Update 25/12/2025 · Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Enigmatic and veiled, full of felt but unseen things and grounded and steady — confident without pressing, full of motion in every corner.
Minor Moderate tempo Moderate dynamics Busy texture Wide-ranging melody
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9 pages
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students 🏆 Advanced Students 🎹 Concert Pianists 🖐 Large Hands 🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
11
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
67htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
61 / 100
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Challenging - needs solid technique and independence

1,613
Total Notes
54%
Interleaved
4.36
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
🤝 Some hand coordination 📏 Moderate note range ↕️ Large hand jumps 🎵 Multiple voice layers ⏳ Medium length
✅ Accessible
⚡ Comfortable note speed #️⃣ Mostly white keys
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
Avg velocity 80/127  ·  Spread 0  ·  Range 80–80
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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
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🤚 Left Hand
LowestB1
HighestG5
Span44 st (3Oct+m6)
Notes643
Widest leap39 st  E2→G5
🖐 Right Hand
LowestB2
HighestB6
Span48 st (4 Oct)
Notes970
Widest leap41 st  B2→E6
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 29 semitones (2Oct+P4)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.1 notes  ·  177 chords
⚠️ 99 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes  ·  276 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
40%
Repeated
38 of 95 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 46–47
Hardest
📍 Measures 50–51
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 52–53
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Cranes Piano on piano?
Cranes Piano is rated Advanced on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 61/100. It was composed by Yan Frenkel. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 4m 44s. It contains 1,613 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Cranes Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Cranes Piano to a performance-ready level takes approximately 11 weeks (~67 total practice hours) for a advanced level student. A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Cranes Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Cranes Piano directly on this page. The sheet is 9 pages long. Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Cranes Piano?
Cranes Piano is suited for Advanced level pianists (difficulty score 61/100). Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Cranes Piano?
Enigmatic and veiled, full of felt but unseen things and grounded and steady — confident without pressing, full of motion in every corner. It belongs to the Piano genre. The piece is played at 80 BPM.