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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Toccata in A minor

Girolamo Frescobaldi

72/100 +6 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: Indépendance des mains and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Toccata in F

Girolamo Frescobaldi

70/100 +4 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Staccato and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Toccata

Alessandro Scarlatti

70/100 +4 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Doubles notes and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Toccata, Arpeggio in G

Alessandro Scarlatti

70/100 +4 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Gammes et arpèges and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Partita no. 1 in B flat major, BWV.825

Johann Sebastian Bach

70/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à deux voix — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV.540

Johann Sebastian Bach

77/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk fair confidence

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 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

Toccata in G minor, BWV.915

Johann Sebastian Bach

79/100 +13 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk fair confidence

Next piece in the same collection, Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. 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

Toccata, Minuetto in A

Alessandro Scarlatti

75/100 +9 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

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

Balanced

Toccata, Giga in A

Alessandro Scarlatti

75/100 +9 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV.564

Johann Sebastian Bach

86/100 +20 pts 32-64 weeks

close skills 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: 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

Toccata, Fuga, Allegro in D

Alessandro Scarlatti

82/100 +16 pts 32-64 weeks

close skills 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: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus and Analyse harmonique — 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

French Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV.816

Johann Sebastian Bach

66/100 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: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à deux voix — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Fugue no. 14 en Fa Dièse Mineur, BWV.883

Johann Sebastian Bach

67/100 +1 pts 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: 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.

Same level

Étude in E major Op.10 No.3

Frédéric Chopin

69/100 +3 pts 4-7 weeks

new reflexes 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: Voix chantante and Indépendance des mains — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

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.