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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in D major, op. 93

Alexander Glazunov

70/100 +5 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: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Prelude and Fugue in A minor, WoO 9

Johannes Brahms

70/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor, M19

Karol Szymanowski

70/100 +5 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: Indépendance des mains and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in D minor, op. 98

Alexander Glazunov

72/100 +7 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Prelude and Fugue in G minor, WoO 10

Johannes Brahms

72/100 +7 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Prelude and Fugue in D minor, op. 62

Alexander Glazunov

75/100 +10 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: Connaissance des formes 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

Prelude and Fugue in E minor

Alexander Glazunov

75/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Prelude and Fugue

George Enescu

75/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Prelude and Fugue on the motive B-A-C-H, S.260i

Franz Liszt

78/100 +13 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, op. 35, "Eroica Variations"

Ludwig van Beethoven

82/100 +17 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: Doubles notes and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Préludes, Book 1, L.117

Claude Debussy

80/100 +15 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer moderate 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: Ornements romantiques — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

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.