Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor, op. 90
Romantic Sonata Piano solo
Estimated difficulty
75/100
Advanced
Confidence : 84% · high confidence
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

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.

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
Henle_Verlag
7
74/100 normalised · 7 obs.
MultiSyllabus
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
78
78/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
87%
Among Ludwig van Beethoven
83%
Era Romantic
84%
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
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Pedaling
Sustain pedal
1
Rhythm
Tempo rubato
1
Style
Romantic style
1
Technique
Fast passages
1
Technique
Legato
1
Pedaling
Half-pedalling
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
1
Technique
Double notes
1
What to play next?

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