Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV.846-869
Baroque Piano solo ~75 min
Estimated difficulty
42/100
Intermediate
Confidence : 89%
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

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Difficulty sources
Henle_Verlag
6
62/100 normalised · 6 obs.
Henle_Verlag
1
10/100 normalised · 6 obs.
ABRSM_Syllabus
Grade 5
42/100 normalised · 2 obs.
MultiSyllabus
Grade 6
53/100 normalised · 3 obs.
MultiSyllabus
Grade 5
43/100 normalised · 4 obs.
MusicCoach_Manual
Grade 6
55/100 normalised
MusicCoach_Manual
Grade 5
44/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
70
70/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
29%
Among Johann Sebastian Bach
18%
Era Baroque
Genre
Skills developed
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Technique
Three-or-more-voice polyphony
1
Style
Baroque style
1
Reading
Bass clef reading
1
Ornaments
Baroque ornaments
1
Technique
Two-voice polyphony
1
Sight-reading
Sight-reading
1
What to play next?

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