Que jouer après Study no. 23: Allegro, etude ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Toccata

Camargo Guarnieri

85/100 +5 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Ornements romantiques — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Toccata in C major, for piano

Francis Poulenc

85/100 +5 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Toccata, op. 11

Sergei Prokofiev

86/100 +6 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Concert Etudes on Caprices by Paganini, op. 10

Robert Schumann

84/100 +4 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Octaves — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Étude Op. 10, No. 6

Frédéric Chopin

87/100 +7 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). The skill that will carry the work: Passages rapides — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Étude Op. 10, No. 1

Frédéric Chopin

90/100 +10 pts 18-36 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

3 Studies, op. 18, BB81, Sz.72

Béla Bartók

90/100 +10 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Doubles notes and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Toccata in E flat minor, op. 11

Aram Khachaturian

88/100 +8 pts 16-32 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Ab irato, S.143, "The Perfect Etude"

Franz Liszt

100/100 +20 pts 40-80 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Demi-pédale and Gammes et arpèges — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Challenge

Variations and Toccata on 'Aurora lucis rutilat', op. 52

Alberto Ginastera

95/100 +15 pts 36-72 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565

Ferruccio Busoni

95/100 +15 pts 36-72 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Toccata in G

Béla Bartók

80/100 same level 6-9 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Staccato and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Toccata et variations, H.8

Arthur Honegger

80/100 same level 6-9 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Staccato and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Piano Sonata no. 1

Charles Ives

80/100 same level 6-9 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Connaissance des formes and Croisements de mains — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Progressions computed from difficulty, skill overlap and style between works. A What do we play next? recommendation should remain a pedagogical starting point, not an automatic prescription.