Que jouer après 17 Toccatas, T.231-247 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Ricercare in C major, T.291

Johann Pachelbel

50/100 +5 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: Analyse harmonique and Style baroque — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Prelude, for organ in D minor, T. 222

Johann Pachelbel

50/100 +5 pts 5-10 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: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Praeludium in E minor, BuxWV142

Dietrich Buxtehude

50/100 +5 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

4 'Duettos', BWV.802-805

Johann Sebastian Bach

48/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Indépendance des mains and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Praeludium in C major, BuxWV136

Dietrich Buxtehude

48/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Demi-pédale and Style baroque — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Ricercare in F sharp minor, T.293

Johann Pachelbel

55/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Magnificat Fugue, for organ in tone 5, no. 8, T. 160

Johann Pachelbel

55/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

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

Balanced

Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 163

Dietrich Buxtehude

54/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Ouverture in F major, BWV.820

Johann Sebastian Bach

54/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus and Ornements baroque — 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

Toccatina op. 6,1

Fanny Hensel

65/100 +20 pts 24-48 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 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

Toccata for keyboard no. 1 in C

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

60/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Staccato — 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

Studies in Double Notes

Béla Bartók

42/100 -3 pts 3-4 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. The skill that will carry the work: Doubles notes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

12 Magnificat Fugues in the Fifth Tone, T.153-164

Johann Pachelbel

42/100 -3 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. What changes is the skill in play: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

13 Magnificat Fugues in the Eighth Tone, T.183-195

Johann Pachelbel

42/100 -3 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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