Capriccio on the Departing of his Most Beloved Brother in B flat major, BWV.992
Baroque Capriccio Piano solo ~10 min
Estimated difficulty
42/100
Intermediate
Confidence : 82% · high confidence
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Difficulty estimate by MusicCoach on a scale of 1 to 100.

Where this work sits
050100

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Difficulty sources
Henle_Verlag
4
38/100 normalised · 7 obs.
OpenAI_AI
75
75/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
28%
Among Johann Sebastian Bach
17%
Era Baroque
8%
Genre
Skills developed
Reading
Bass clef reading
1
Style
Baroque style
1
Ornaments
Baroque ornaments
2
Technique
Hand crossings
1
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Pedaling
Sustain pedal
1
Technique
Hand independence
1
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