Sonate K.545 « Facile » : II. Andante
Sonata Piano solo
In brief

The Andante presents a clear, singing melody with balanced phrases and a restrained accompaniment that calls for a relaxed touch rather than romantic push. You will need to focus on Staccato (4.6/5) — here it requires precise fingertip releases and subtle wrist control so short notes remain clean without breaking the line — and Scales and arpeggios (4.6/5), which demand economical motion, even fingers and right/left hand coordination to keep the accompaniment flowing. This piece sits in Mozart’s catalogue as a clear, classically-styled sonata movement often used for pedagogical purposes. I do not give a reference recording because I am not fully certain of a single definitive interpretation for this specific movement.

MusicCoach difficulty
36/100
Elementary
Likely range : 28–44/100
Confidence : 47% · to confirm
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Exam grade
About grade 3 to 4

Estimated from our difficulty score, not taken from an exam syllabus. Checked against 333 works on the ABRSM syllabus: the exact grade is right 7 times out of 10, and within one grade 99 times out of 100.

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.

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Difficulty sources
MusicCoach expertise
42
42/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
28%
Among Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
29%
Era
4%
Genre
Estimated skills
Technique
Scales and arpeggios
1
Technique
Staccato
1
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Style
Classical style
2
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Technique
Hand independence
1
Technique
Legato
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
1
Interpretation
Singing voice
1
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