Fugue in B flat major, BWV.955
Baroque Fugue Piano solo ~2 min
Estimated difficulty
64/100
Advanced
Confidence : 75% · high confidence
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

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

Where this work sits
050100

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Difficulty sources
Henle_Verlag
6
62/100 normalised · 3 obs.
OpenAI_AI
70
70/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
77%
Among Johann Sebastian Bach
74%
Era Baroque
53%
Genre
Skills developed
Theory
Harmonic analysis
2
Technique
Three-or-more-voice polyphony
2
Reading
Bass clef reading
1
Ornaments
Baroque ornaments
1
Style
Baroque style
1
Technique
Hand independence
1
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