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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

4 Preludes and Fugues, op. 85

Max Reger

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

España, B.45

Isaac Albéniz

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Klavierstücke, op. 119

Johannes Brahms

74/100 +4 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Rapsodia aragonesa, H.113

Enrique Granados

76/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Allegro in B minor, op. 8

Robert Schumann

76/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Rondo in E flat major, op. 16

Frédéric Chopin

81/100 +11 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). The skill that will carry the work: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Grosses Konzertsolo, S.176, R.18

Franz Liszt

80/100 +10 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Rondo à la Mazur in F major, op. 5

Frédéric Chopin

80/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Novelletten, op. 21

Robert Schumann

78/100 +8 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — 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

Variations on a Theme by Paganini, op. 35

Johannes Brahms

87/100 +17 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Voix chantante — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, op. 110

Ludwig van Beethoven

86/100 +16 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36

Sergei Rachmaninoff

91/100 +21 pts 36-72 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Piano Sonata, JW VIII/19, "Zulice, 1.X.05,' 'From the Street, 1 October, 1905"

Leoš Janáček

70/100 same level 5-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Connaissance des formes and Trilles — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Impromptu no. 1 in A flat major, op. 29

Frédéric Chopin

70/100 same level 4-7 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Passages rapides and Ornements romantiques — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Piano Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2, "Moonlight"

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +3 pts 5-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Balance mains and Voix chantante — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

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.