Sonate no 23 op. 57 « Appassionata » : I. Allegro assai
Sonata Piano solo
Estimated difficulty
81/100
Master repertoire
Confidence : 43% · to confirm
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

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

Where this work sits
050100

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Difficulty sources
Claude_AI
80
80/100 normalised
MusicCoach_Expert
83
83/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
94%
Among Ludwig van Beethoven
96%
Era
93%
Genre
Skills developed
Technique
Octaves
1
Technique
Hand crossings
1
Technique
Trills
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
1
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Technique
Fast passages
2
Style
Romantic style
1
Technique
Double notes
1
Technique
Hand independence
1
Rhythm
Dotted rhythms
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
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