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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Partite varie in C

Alessandro Scarlatti

50/100 +3 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 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Praeludium G, BuxWV147

Dietrich Buxtehude

50/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV.732

Johann Sebastian Bach

54/100 +7 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: Ornements romantiques and Style baroque — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Gentle

Arpeggio, Fuga, and Corrente, for keyboard

Alessandro Scarlatti

50/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Gammes et arpèges and Analyse harmonique — 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

Prélude no. 4 en do dièse mineur, BWV.849

Johann Sebastian Bach

58/100 +11 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

Primo e secondo libro di Toccate, for keyboard

Alessandro Scarlatti

55/100 +8 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

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV.659a

Johann Sebastian Bach

55/100 +8 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Canzona Nona alla Francese detta La Querina

Girolamo Frescobaldi

55/100 +8 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

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

Johann Sebastian Bach

66/100 +19 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Challenge

Sonata in A minor, K.54, L.241

Domenico Scarlatti

63/100 +16 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer 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: Connaissance des formes and Style baroque — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

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

Johann Sebastian Bach

67/100 +20 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — 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.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV.846-869

Johann Sebastian Bach

47/100 same level 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

3-Part Inventions, BWV.787-801

Johann Sebastian Bach

47/100 same level 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Polyphonie à deux voix and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Sonata in E major, K.380, L.23, "Cortège"

Domenico Scarlatti

46/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Connaissance des formes and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

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.