What level piano player am I?

Foundations is where you learn the keyboard itself. You can name any white key by sight, count a steady beat in 4/4, and read C-position melodies on the treble staff. Reading the bass clef and any kind of two-hand independence are still on the horizon.

Late Beginner is the first level where reading both staves at once feels normal. You can play a major scale hands-together one octave, recognise the I-IV-V chords in C and G, and hold a steady eighth-note feel. Sight-reading is still slow and careful.

Early Intermediate is where minor keys, seventh chords, and inversions stop being scary. You can play scales two octaves hands-together at moderate tempo, you understand harmonic vs. natural minor, and the ii–V–I progression starts to feel familiar in the simplest keys.

Intermediate is the level where most adult learners plateau if they are not deliberate about it. You can play any major or minor scale hands-together two octaves, read in five sharps or five flats, and hold a chordal ii–V–I in any key — but the fluency is uneven across keys.

Late Intermediate is where polyrhythm, voicing fluency, and modal improvisation stop being optional. You can play rootless seventh-chord voicings under your right-hand line, transpose a four-chord progression on demand, and sight-read at allegro with reasonable accuracy.

Advanced is the level where the question shifts from technique to taste. You can sight-read any standard intermediate-difficulty piece, voice-lead a chord progression in real time, and improvise convincingly over modal or jazz changes — the question is what you choose to practise.