🎹 Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Pensive and tender, carrying a quiet inner ache — full of motion in every corner, loud enough to feel in the chest, swinging between silence and full force.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
17
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
97htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
59
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
3,012
Total Notes
31%
Interleaved
4.35
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
31% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 4.35) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
10/15
Right: F3–D#7 (46 st) | Left: F1–G4 (38 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
38 st (3Oct+M2) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
8/8
40% black-key notes - heavy accidentals, hard to sight-read
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~4.2 notes active per beat (max 8) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 09s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
ff
Wide dynamic range (ff avg) - strong expressive control needed
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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 | F1 |
| Highest | G4 |
| Span | 38 st (3Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 1,608 |
| Widest leap | 33 st E4→G1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | F3 |
| Highest | D#7 |
| Span | 46 st (3Oct+m7) |
| Notes | 1,404 |
| Widest leap | 38 st D7→C4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.8 notes · 541 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.4 notes · 373 chords
↪️ 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
29%
Repeated
Only 52 of 178 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 60–61
Hardest
📍 Measures 116–117
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 154–155
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano on piano?
Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 59/100.
It was composed by Arranger: Oldfrenchguy. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 3m 09s. It contains 3,012 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
17 weeks
(~97 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 Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 8 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano?
Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 59/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Being low as dirt, taking what's important from me Piano?
Pensive and tender, carrying a quiet inner ache — full of motion in every corner, loud enough to feel in the chest, swinging between silence and full force. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 225 BPM.
