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Topic: level of difficulty- where can you find a rating for a classical piece?  (Read 99766 times)

Offline caroline1200

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I am trying to find a site online where I can see how a piece is evaluated by level of difficulty (1-10 or some standard system)

Offline stevebob

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What passes you ain't for you.

Offline caroline1200

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Thanks. The link in that discussion was good but fairly limited.  I have done some searches but can't seem to find a level of difficulty rating for Chopin's pieces, specifically.  I am open to any other suggestions.

Offline monkeydudexd

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I believe there is such rankings on this site:
https://www.pianostreet.com/piano_music/download_1/sheet_1.php
or go to 'piano music' and click on 'complete list'
Beethoven Sonata Op. 13 'Pathetique'
Beethoven Sonata Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
Beethoven Sonata Op. 90
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 17
Bach Italian Concerto

Offline stevebob

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What passes you ain't for you.

Offline caroline1200

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PERFECT!  Thank you...very comprehensive list!   :)
https://www.pianostreet.com/piano_music/download_1/sheet_1.php

Offline ch101

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Pieces I am working on
Complete Chopin mazurkas
Pictures at an Exhibition
Beethoven Pathetique sonata
Schumann Papilions

Offline pianisturban

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I have been searching for this too.  :D

Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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Too bad almost every piece is grade 8 or 8+.

For example, Chopin's Revolutionary etude was given an 8+ as well as Gaspard de la Nuit.  Gaspard de la Nuit is WAY harder than the Revolutionary etude.

They should be a little more sensitive with the grading scale.  maybe from 1 to 100?

Live large, die large.  Leave a giant coffin.

Offline ajspiano

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https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=9159.0

look through there - there's some stuff for chopin..  you'll need to replace forum.net with street.com in the links though.

Offline ellie_123

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There is a website called Graded Piano Repertoire that grades piano solos from level 1-12 and compares different grading systems. It is a piano repertoire guide that also provides a lot of other information on the pieces in the database:

https://www.gradedpianorepertoire.com/

Offline iratior

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Thanks, monkeydudexd, for showing where there is a listing.  On the basis of it, I've just discovered that I've been doing a multititude of grade 8 or 8+ pieces, and it's getting me really angry with certain people in this forum who impugned my qualifications to comment on a lot of the issues here.

Offline ignaceii

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Pretty useless, as already been mentioned. Not enough grade nuances.
Prokofievs 3de concert 8+ together with a whole lot other 8+s, come on.
And afterwards, piano pieces cannot be graded. Remember what Shnabel said on Mozarts sonates:
'Too easy for beginners.....' you know.

Offline kevin69

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https://www.sheetmusicplus.com
assign difficulty grades to most of the music they sell.

Offline ianw

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You can also find a bunch of gradings based on examination syllabuses at www.pianosyllabus.com.
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