🎹 Chasing Cars Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Warm and sentimental, reaching toward fond memory — walking at a natural human pace, present and measured throughout, steady and unwavering in tone.
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👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ 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
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
2,095
Total Notes
18%
Interleaved
4.65
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎚 Dynamics
f
Uniform f - very little dynamic contrast
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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 | D2 |
| Highest | E4 |
| Span | 26 st (2Oct+M2) |
| Notes | 1,349 |
| Widest leap | 19 st E4→A2 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A2 |
| Highest | A6 |
| Span | 48 st (4 Oct) |
| Notes | 746 |
| Widest leap | 24 st A2→A4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 457 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes · 204 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
39%
Repeated
45 of 114 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 79–80
Hardest
📍 Measures 87–88
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 103–104
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Chasing Cars Piano on piano?
Chasing Cars Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 41/100.
It was composed by Snow Patrol. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 4m 23s. It contains 2,095 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Chasing Cars Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Chasing Cars 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 Chasing Cars Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Chasing Cars Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 7 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Chasing Cars Piano?
Chasing Cars Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 41/100).
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 Chasing Cars Piano?
Warm and sentimental, reaching toward fond memory — walking at a natural human pace, present and measured throughout, steady and unwavering in tone. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 104 BPM.
