🎹 Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Radiant and warm, full of unclouded optimism, light in its touch, never insisting — balanced, neither urgent nor idle, holding its emotional level to the end.
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
🎓 Intermediate Students
🖐 Large Hands
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
3
weeks to performance-ready
Expect a few weeks of regular practice to get it up to tempo cleanly.
4hper week
18htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~4h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Intermediate
39
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
910
Total Notes
36%
Interleaved
3.53
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎚 Dynamics
mf
Moderate dynamics (mf avg) - clear expression required
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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
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | C2 |
| Highest | G5 |
| Span | 43 st (3Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 728 |
| Widest leap | 36 st C2→C5 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | E4 |
| Highest | G6 |
| Span | 27 st (2Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 182 |
| Widest leap | 12 st C6→C5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 43 semitones (3Oct+P5)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 193 chords
⚠️ 107 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 4 semitones (M3)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 5 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
23%
Repeated
Only 15 of 66 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 14–15
Hardest
📍 Measures 19–20
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 21–22
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano on piano?
Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 39/100.
It was composed by Kyle Patrick Naval. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 2m 18s. It contains 910 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
3 weeks
(~18 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 Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 5 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano?
Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 39/100).
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 Time is Tearing Us Apart Piano?
Radiant and warm, full of unclouded optimism, light in its touch, never insisting — balanced, neither urgent nor idle, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 90 BPM.
