Sonata Op.13 (Pathétique)
Sonata Piano solo 5 min
Estimated difficulty
70/100
Advanced
Confidence : 87%
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 · 9 obs.
MultiSyllabus
Grade 7
64/100 normalised · 3 obs.
ABRSM_Syllabus
Grade 7
66/100 normalised
MusicCoach_Manual
Grade 6
55/100 normalised
MusicCoach_Manual
Grade 7
66/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
76
76/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
79%
Among Ludwig van Beethoven
83%
Era
78%
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
Technique
Fast passages
1
Technique
Octaves
1
Technique
Staccato
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
2
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
Tone
Touch control
1
What to play next?

Each suggestion combines difficulty gap, risk, confidence and skill overlap. The first two cards in each column are the most useful pedagogically.

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