🎹 Cát bụi Piano
🎭 Emotional Character
Tender and regretful, loving what cannot be held and unhurried and deliberate — confident without pressing, full of motion in every corner.
👤 Suggested For
📖 Early Learners
✋ Average Hand Size
⏰ 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
37
/ 100
Moderate - requires coordination between hands
693
Total Notes
34%
Interleaved
3.33
Avg N/Beat
4
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
9/25
34% of notes interleave - moderate interleaving
⏱
Note Density per Beat
5/30
Busiest beats: 5 notes/beat (avg 3.33) - comfortable density
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
4 ornamental notes (0.6%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
6/15
Right: B3–E6 (29 st) | Left: A1–A4 (36 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
31 st (2Oct+P5) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
2/8
12% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
2/7
~2.4 notes active per beat (max 5) - occasional two-voice texture
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 03s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f 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 | A1 |
| Highest | A4 |
| Span | 36 st (3 Oct) |
| Notes | 372 |
| Widest leap | 31 st E4→A1 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | B3 |
| Highest | E6 |
| Span | 29 st (2Oct+P4) |
| Notes | 321 |
| Widest leap | 14 st B5→A4 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 10 semitones (m7)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 3.3 notes · 3 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 31 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
22%
Repeated
Only 12 of 55 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 18–19
Hardest
📍 Measures 21–22
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 45–46
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Cát bụi Piano on piano?
Cát bụi Piano is rated
Intermediate
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 37/100.
It was composed by Trịnh Công Sơn. Players should be comfortable with moderate hand independence, chord playing, and consistent rhythm. The piece runs approximately 3m 03s. It contains 693 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Cát bụi Piano?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Cát bụi 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 Cát bụi Piano?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Cát bụi Piano directly on this page.
The sheet is 3 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Cát bụi Piano piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Cát bụi 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 75 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Cát bụi Piano?
Cát bụi Piano is suited for
Intermediate
level pianists (difficulty score 37/100).
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 Cát bụi Piano?
Tender and regretful, loving what cannot be held and unhurried and deliberate — confident without pressing, full of motion in every corner. It belongs to the Piano
· Nhạc Trịnh
genre.
The piece is played at 75 BPM.
