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Topic: Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1  (Read 5211 times)

Offline steve jones

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Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1
on: October 22, 2005, 04:09:58 AM

Title pretty much says it all - Im after an ABRSM grade rating on this movement if possible. I looked through it and thought about Gr 6-7, but I know nothing so I'll leave to your better judgement.

I shall have a blast at this one regardless as I like the piece very much.

Thanks people  :)
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Re: Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1
Reply #1 on: October 22, 2005, 05:30:47 AM

Ah, it seems this piece was a Gr7 in 1956. That probably makes it around Gr7 - 8 nowadays - little tougher that I had anticipated!

What would be a decent tempo for this one do you think? Iv heard it played pretty fast, and pretty slow as it happens.
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Re: Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1
Reply #2 on: October 22, 2005, 10:27:42 AM
The 4th movement of this sonata is really nice.   ;D
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Re: Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1
Reply #3 on: October 22, 2005, 08:06:36 PM

Ohhhh, yes! I think I will be leaving that one for a rainy day...  ;D

Actually, that is my favorite movement of the entire sonata, but its to advanced for me right now. Actually, considering its length, there isnt that much difficult stuff to learn - its just the fact that is about 400bpm  :o

One for the future me thinks!
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Re: Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1
Reply #4 on: October 22, 2005, 08:48:50 PM
The sonata as a whole is DipABRSM; I'd say the first movement is grade 8 standard (don't think I'd put it any lower than that).
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Re: Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1
Reply #5 on: October 23, 2005, 04:05:43 AM
Its Grade 6 for one of the Australian Boards....IMHO its a tough grade 6 or a softer grade 7 piece

as a teacher I haven't had a student find it that difficult once they get stuck into it.

good luck

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Re: Difficulty Rating - Beethoven Sonata No.1 Mvt 1
Reply #6 on: October 23, 2005, 05:22:15 PM

What would consider a good tempo for this piece? I guess that could make a big difference to the difficulty.
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