🎹 Đường xưa Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Strange and ghostly, following rules of its own, swinging between silence and full force, warm and easy in its delivery and full of motion in every corner.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
13
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
77htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
63
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
1,669
Total Notes
35%
Interleaved
3.49
Avg N/Beat
37
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
35% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
12/30
Busiest beats: 6 notes/beat (avg 3.49) - moderately busy
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
5/20
37 ornamental notes (2.2%) - occasional ornaments
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: A#1–F#7 (68 st) | Left: B0–G5 (56 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
40 st (3Oct+M3) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
5/8
34% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~3.1 notes active per beat (max 7) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
4m 17s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (mp 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 | B0 |
| Highest | G5 |
| Span | 56 st (4Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 794 |
| Widest leap | 37 st C4→B0 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | A#1 |
| Highest | F#7 |
| Span | 68 st (5Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 875 |
| Widest leap | 40 st F#7→D4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 17 semitones (1Oct+P4)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes · 222 chords
⚠️ 2 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.2 notes · 191 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 8 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 5 runs · longest 5 notes
🤚 LH: 3 runs · longest 6 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
2%
Repeated
Only 3 of 126 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 41–42
Hardest
📍 Measures 99–100
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 101–102
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Đường xưa Piano on piano?
Đường xưa Piano is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 63/100.
It was composed by Nhạc: Quốc Dũng. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 4m 17s. It contains 1,669 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Đường xưa Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Đường xưa Piano to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
13 weeks
(~77 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 Đường xưa Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Đường xưa Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 10 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Đường xưa Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Đường xưa 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 120 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Đường xưa Piano?
Đường xưa Piano is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 63/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Đường xưa Piano?
Strange and ghostly, following rules of its own, swinging between silence and full force, warm and easy in its delivery and full of motion in every corner. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 120 BPM.
