Ballade No.3 in A-flat major Op.47
Ballade Piano solo ~6 min
Estimated difficulty
81/100
Master repertoire
Confidence : 80%
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

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Difficulty sources
MultiSyllabus
Grade 9
77/100 normalised
Henle_Verlag
8
85/100 normalised · 3 obs.
ABRSM_Syllabus
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
MultiSyllabus
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
85
85/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
94%
Among Frédéric Chopin
96%
Era
81%
Genre
Skills developed
Technique
Octaves
1
Technique
Fast passages
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
2
Interpretation
Dynamics
2
Technique
Hand independence
1
Pedaling
Half-pedalling
1
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