Sonata Op.27 No.2 (Moonlight)
Sonata Piano solo 6 min
Estimated difficulty
72/100
Advanced
Confidence : 80% · high confidence
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

Difficulty estimate by MusicCoach on a scale of 1 to 100.

Where this work sits
050100

Most works cluster between 45 and 65: a small score gap often marks a real step. The highlighted bar shows this work among those for the same instrument.

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
ABRSM_Syllabus
Grade 9
77/100 normalised
MultiSyllabus
Grade 8
73/100 normalised · 3 obs.
ABRSM_Syllabus
Grade 7
66/100 normalised
MusicCoach_Manual
Grade 7
66/100 normalised
MusicCoach_Manual
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
75
75/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
83%
Among Ludwig van Beethoven
86%
Era
81%
Genre
Skills developed
Pedaling
Sustain pedal
1
Technique
Trills
1
Interpretation
Singing voice
1
Tone
Hand balance
1
Technique
Legato
2
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
1
Tone
Touch control
1
What to play next?

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