Our Sheet Music Plus levels are designed to help you select music in the correct difficulty level. Each piece that includes a Sheet Music Plus level has been carefully evaluated to ensure that it follows the level guidelines below. Since each individual piece is reviewed by hand, only a small subset of titles currently includes level information. However, we are constantly reviewing additional titles to expand our selection of graded music.
SMP Primer Level (Early Elementary) Very beginning music. Five-finger positions with no chords and almost no hand position movement.
SMP Level 1 (Elementary) Very little hand movement and the introduction of 3 note chords.
SMP Level 2 (Late Elementary) 5-finger patterns still used but position changes are more frequent including one octave scale passages. Some 3 note chords.
SMP Level 3 (Early Intermediate) Independent movement of the left hand. Multiple chords in a measure, and the introduction of triplets.
SMP Level 4 (Intermediate) Introduction of 4-note chords and sixteenth notes. Hand movement covering 2 to 3 octaves.
SMP Level 5 (Intermediate) Seventh chords and melodies in both hands. More difficult note reading with ledger lines above and below the staff.
SMP Level 6 (Late Intermediate) 4-note chords in both hands with large stretches and leaps. Irregular and complicated rhythms.
SMP Level 7 (Late Intermediate) 4 to 5-note chords in both hands and scales in octaves in both hands.
SMP Level 8 (Early Advanced) 4 and 5-note chords spanning more than an octave. Intricate rhythms and melodies.
SMP Level 9 (Advanced) All types of major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords spanning more than an octave. Extensive scale passages.
SMP Level 10 (Advanced) Very advanced level, very difficult note reading, frequent time signature. changes, virtuosic level technical facility needed.