Piano Sonata B flat major op. post. D 960
Sonata Piano solo
Estimated difficulty
79/100
Advanced
Confidence : 78%
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
MultiSyllabus
ARCT
93/100 normalised
Henle_Verlag
7
74/100 normalised · 3 obs.
ABRSM_Syllabus
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
MultiSyllabus
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
85
85/100 normalised · 2 obs.
Relative difficulty
97%
Among Franz Schubert
95%
Era
91%
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
Rhythm
Tempo rubato
1
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Technique
Legato
2
Interpretation
Dynamics
2
Interpretation
Phrasing
3
Technique
Three-or-more-voice polyphony
1
Style
Character and style
1
Pedaling
Half-pedalling
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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