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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Capriccio in E flat major/Eb-

Felix Mendelssohn

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). 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.

Gentle

Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer' in E major, op. 15

Felix Mendelssohn

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Capriccio

Emmanuel Chabrier

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). 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.

Gentle

Valse-Caprice no. 3 in G flat major, op. 59

Gabriel Fauré

59/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Rythme général — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Valse-caprice no. 4 in A flat major, op. 62

Gabriel Fauré

58/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Capriccio in F sharp minor, op. 5

Felix Mendelssohn

65/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). 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

Valse caprice in D major, op. 4

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

65/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Capriccio in G flat major, op. 8

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

65/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). 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

Songs without Words, Book 2, op. 30

Felix Mendelssohn

63/100 +8 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Rondo a capriccio in G major, op. 129, "Rage over a Lost Penny"

Ludwig van Beethoven

72/100 +17 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Challenge

Fugue in B flat major

Felix Mendelssohn

70/100 +15 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Fugue in F minor

Felix Mendelssohn

70/100 +15 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Piano Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 14 no. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven

55/100 same level 4-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Connaissance des formes and Indépendance des mains — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Song without Words A flat major op. 53,1

Felix Mendelssohn

57/100 +2 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Phrasé — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

Song without Words F major op. 85,1

Felix Mendelssohn

53/100 -2 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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