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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Solfeggio in C major, H.147, Wq.112, no. 10

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

32/100 +5 pts 3-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Gammes et arpèges and Style classique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) E flat major K. 26

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

33/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). 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.

Gentle

Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) G major K. 9

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

31/100 +4 pts 3-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM). 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.

Gentle

Solfeggio in C minor, Wq.117, no. 2

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

34/100 +7 pts 3-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Gammes et arpèges and Style classique — 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

Piano Sonata in F major, K. Anh.135

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

40/100 +13 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Andantino e grazioso in B flat major, Wq.114, H.229

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

40/100 +13 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style classique and Connaissance des formes — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Alla polacca in G major, H.219, Wq.116, no. 8

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

40/100 +13 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Minuet in D major, K.355

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

35/100 +8 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Next piece in the same collection, Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. 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.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

No.139 — March

Béla Bartók

45/100 +18 pts 16-32 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Challenge

Rondo in D major, K.485

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

45/100 +18 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

Next piece in the same collection, Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. New compared with the previous piece: Indépendance des mains and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Allegro in B flat major, K.400

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

46/100 +19 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Indépendance des mains and Connaissance des formes — 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

Minuet in G major K.15c

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

25/100 -2 pts 1-2 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Beginner (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. What changes is the skill in play: Lecture à vue — keep it up with daily reading of easy pieces rather than grinding one passage.

Same level

Variations, K.Anh.137

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

30/100 +3 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Analyse harmonique and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Aria in F major, Hob.XVII:F1

Franz Joseph Haydn

30/100 +3 pts 2-3 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Voix chantante and Style classique — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

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