Fugue no. 5 en Ré Majeur, BWV.874
Baroque Fugue Piano solo ~6 min
Estimated difficulty
69/100
Advanced
Confidence : 86%
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso

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Difficulty sources
Henle_Verlag
6
62/100 normalised · 4 obs.
Henle_Verlag
7
74/100 normalised · 4 obs.
ABRSM_Syllabus
Grade 8
76/100 normalised
OpenAI_AI
75
75/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
85%
Among Johann Sebastian Bach
82%
Era Baroque
66%
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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