🎹 Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano)
🎭 Emotional Character
Somber and ceremonial, weighty and solemn, with wide dramatic swings in volume — rushing through each idea and thick and saturated, no space left empty.
👤 Suggested For
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
29
weeks to performance-ready
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
6hper week
186htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~6h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Expert
80
/ 100
Professional - complex layering and high speed required
2,075
Total Notes
27%
Interleaved
8.27
Avg N/Beat
21
Ornaments
⚠ Challenges
✅ Accessible
🎚 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 | C#1 |
| Highest | F#6 |
| Span | 65 st (5Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 1,588 |
| Widest leap | 51 st F#1→A5 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | C#4 |
| Highest | F#7 |
| Span | 41 st (3Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 487 |
| Widest leap | 24 st F#4→F#6 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 50 semitones (4Oct+M2)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.2 notes · 419 chords
⚠️ 304 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 81 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
37%
Repeated
23 of 63 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 33–34
Hardest
📍 Measures 36–37
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 44–45
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano) on piano?
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano) is rated
Expert
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 80/100.
It was composed by Johannes Brahms. Only advanced pianists with strong technique, high note density tolerance, and expressive control should attempt this piece. The piece runs approximately 2m 05s. It contains 2,075 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano)?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano) to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
29 weeks
(~186 total practice hours) for a expert level student.
Concert-level material. Mastery takes dedicated long-term commitment.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano)?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano) directly on this page.
The sheet is 4 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano) piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano) is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 140 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano)?
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano) is suited for
Expert
level pianists (difficulty score 80/100).
This is expert-level repertoire. Strong sight-reading, high note density stamina, and polished expressive technique are essential.
What is the mood or feel of Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4 hands Piano)?
Somber and ceremonial, weighty and solemn, with wide dramatic swings in volume — rushing through each idea and thick and saturated, no space left empty. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 140 BPM.
