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What to play after Funeral March in C minor, K.453a ?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · difficulty 29/100

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle
Andante in G minor, Hob.XVI:11/II
Franz Joseph Haydn
35/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks
close skills low risk to confirm
A short 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.
Gentle
Allegretto in A major, Wq.114, H.236
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
35/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks
close skills low risk to confirm
A short 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.
Gentle
Allegretto in D minor, Wq.113, H.198
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
35/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks
close skills low risk to confirm
A short 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.
Gentle
Minuet in D major, K.355
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
35/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks
close skills low risk fair confidence
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.
Gentle
March C major K. 408/1 (383e)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
36/100 +7 pts 3-6 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 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 step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced
Piano Sonata in F major, K. Anh.135
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
40/100 +11 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
Alla polacca in G major, H.219, Wq.116, no. 8
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
40/100 +11 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
Andante in C major, Wq.114, H.237
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
40/100 +11 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
Variations on Laat ons juichen, K.24
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
38/100 +9 pts 6-12 weeks
partial transfer 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.
Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge
Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63
Ludwig van Beethoven
48/100 +19 pts 16-32 weeks
partial transfer 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: Analyse harmonique and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.
Challenge
Rondo in D major, K.485
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
45/100 +16 pts 16-32 weeks
close skills high risk to confirm
Next piece in the same collection, Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. New compared with the previous piece: Indépendance des mains and Style classique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Challenge
Sonata in C major K.330 (I)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
52/100 +23 pts 20-40 weeks
partial transfer high risk to confirm
Next piece in the same collection, Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Indépendance des mains — 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
Variations, K.Anh.137
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
30/100 +1 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 +1 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: Voix chantante and Style classique — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.
Same level
Piano Sonata (Wunderkind) B flat major K. 8
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
31/100 +2 pts 2-3 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 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.
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