Minuet in G major K.15c
Minuet Piano solo ~2 min
In brief

This minuet has a dancing, measured character: simple, elegant, with short phrases that call for clear articulation and a steady sway rather than grand gestures. Sight-reading (Lecture à vue, 2.5/5) here means keeping a confident tempo while coordinating both hands through quick harmonic shifts so the rhythmic backbone remains steady, and Phrasing (Phrasé, 2.5/5) requires marking phrase beginnings and endings with slight changes of articulation and dynamics so the dance breathes. It belongs to the group of keyboard minuets in Mozart's catalogue, belonging to the salon/dance repertoire for piano. I won’t suggest a reference recording because I’m not certain of a widely recognized interpretation for this exact piece.

MusicCoach difficulty
25/100
Beginner
Likely range : 19–31/100
Confidence : 57% · fair confidence
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Exam grade
On the syllabus: Grade 3 ABRSM

Official level, taken from the exam syllabus.

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

Where this work sits
050100

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Difficulty sources
Combined exam syllabi
Grade 3
28/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
12%
Among Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
13%
Era
34%
Genre
Estimated skills
Sight-reading
Sight-reading
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
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