🎹 Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement
🎭 Emotional Character
Volatile and expressive, cycling through its feelings and hurtling at breathtaking speed — confident without pressing, every layer occupied at once.
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👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
✋ Average Hand Size
🎼 Scale Technique Focus
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
17
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
97htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
63
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
7,220
Total Notes
19%
Interleaved
6.65
Avg N/Beat
4
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
4/25
19% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
⏱
Note Density per Beat
20/30
Busiest beats: 10 notes/beat (avg 6.65) - dense passages
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
4 ornamental notes (0.1%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: F#2–C7 (54 st) | Left: F1–C#6 (56 st)
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Largest Interval Leap
10/10
43 st (3Oct+P5) - extreme leaps
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Chromatic Complexity
5/8
39% black-key notes - moderate accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
4/7
~2.5 notes active per beat (max 8) - melody + accompaniment with inner voices
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Piece Length
5/5
8m 46s - long piece: stamina & memorisation required
🎚 Dynamics
f
Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
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🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | F1 |
| Highest | C#6 |
| Span | 56 st (4Oct+m6) |
| Notes | 3,423 |
| Widest leap | 43 st F1→C5 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | F#2 |
| Highest | C7 |
| Span | 54 st (4Oct+TT) |
| Notes | 3,797 |
| Widest leap | 36 st E6→E3 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 686 chords
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.7 notes · 485 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
Detected 59 scale/arpeggio runs requiring thumb crossing.
This piece has extensive running passages — smooth thumb-under technique is essential.
🖐 RH: 26 runs · longest 19 notes
🤚 LH: 33 runs · longest 19 notes
🔁 Repeating Phrases
47%
Repeated
134 of 285 bars contain repeated phrases — a good portion of the piece recycles earlier material, reducing the unique learning load.
Repeated bar
Unique bar
🎯 Suggested Practice Passages
?Each "passage" is 2 consecutive measures (ô nhịp). The algorithm scores every passage by note density and interval leaps, then picks the 3 hardest for focused practice.
The hardest passages in this piece — spend extra time here before running the full piece.
📍 Measures 33–34
Hardest
📍 Measures 129–130
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 224–225
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement on piano?
Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 63/100.
It was composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 8m 46s. It contains 7,220 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
17 weeks
(~97 total practice hours) for a advanced level student.
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement directly on this page.
The sheet is 14 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
What piano level is required to play Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement?
Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 63/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Sonate No. 23, Appassionata 3rd Movement?
Volatile and expressive, cycling through its feelings and hurtling at breathtaking speed — confident without pressing, every layer occupied at once. It belongs to the Piano
· Classical Piano
· Nhạc Piano cổ điển
genre.
The piece is played at 176 BPM.
