🎹 Take Five Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Achingly gentle, touching grief without a sound, settled and full in its voice — moving without effort or hesitation, holding its emotional level to the end.
📥 Downloads
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
✋ Average Hand Size
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ 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
50
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
461
Total Notes
33%
Interleaved
2.48
Avg N/Beat
10
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 | A#1 |
| Highest | F4 |
| Span | 31 st (2Oct+P5) |
| Notes | 161 |
| Widest leap | 22 st F2→D#4 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | D#2 |
| Highest | F#5 |
| Span | 39 st (3Oct+m3) |
| Notes | 300 |
| Widest leap | 27 st C3→D#5 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2 notes · 17 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 9 semitones (M6)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes · 53 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
25%
Repeated
Only 13 of 53 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 4–5
Hardest
📍 Measures 9–10
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 49–50
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Take Five Piano on piano?
Take Five Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 50/100.
It was composed by Dave Brubeck. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 1m 45s. It contains 461 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Take Five Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Take Five 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 Take Five Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Take Five 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 Take Five Piano?
Take Five Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 50/100).
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 Take Five Piano?
Achingly gentle, touching grief without a sound, settled and full in its voice — moving without effort or hesitation, holding its emotional level to the end. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
