Piano Sonata no. 16 in A minor, D.845, op. 42
Romantic Sonata Piano solo
Estimated difficulty
74/100
Advanced
Confidence : 76%
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

This score is an orientation guide aggregated from editorial and pedagogical sources (Henle, exam syllabuses, curation) — not an expert opinion on your situation. Read it alongside the sources, the confidence and the skills below, and discuss it with your teacher for the real choices about which level to tackle.

Difficulty sources
Henle_Verlag
7
74/100 normalised · 4 obs.
MultiSyllabus
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
74
74/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
75
75/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
91%
Among Franz Schubert
83%
Era Romantic
84%
Genre
Movements and pieces of this work

One rarely plays the whole work: each movement has its own level — often very different from the opus's overall score.

Skills developed
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Technique
Fast passages
2
Interpretation
Dynamics
3
Style
Romantic style
1
Pedaling
Sustain pedal
1
Rhythm
Tempo rubato
1
Technique
Legato
1
Technique
Hand independence
2
Technique
General technique
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
What to play next?

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