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What to play after Toccata, Arpeggio in G ?
Alessandro Scarlatti · difficulty 70/100

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle
Toccata, Minuetto in A
Alessandro Scarlatti
75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks
close skills low risk fair confidence
A short 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.
Gentle
Toccata, Giga in A
Alessandro Scarlatti
75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks
close skills low risk fair confidence
A short 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.
Gentle
Toccata in F sharp minor, BWV.910
Johann Sebastian Bach
74/100 +4 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: Staccato and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Gentle
Toccata in C minor, BWV.911
Johann Sebastian Bach
74/100 +4 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: Staccato and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Gentle
Toccata di durezze e ligature in F
Girolamo Frescobaldi
77/100 +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: Staccato and Style baroque — 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
Toccata in G minor, BWV.915
Johann Sebastian Bach
79/100 +9 pts 14-28 weeks
close skills moderate risk to confirm
A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 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
Toccata Alessandro Scarlatti in Re minore, Firenze
Alessandro Scarlatti
79/100 +9 pts 14-28 weeks
close skills moderate risk fair confidence
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, Un poco Largo, Allegro in D
Alessandro Scarlatti
78/100 +8 pts 14-28 weeks
close skills moderate risk fair confidence
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 Cromaticha per le levatione
Girolamo Frescobaldi
78/100 +8 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.
Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge
Toccata per cembalo in Re minore
Alessandro Scarlatti
89/100 +19 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: Indépendance des mains and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Challenge
Toccata Scarlatti Primo Tono, Torino, Fondo Foà-Giorgano, Ms.401
Alessandro Scarlatti
89/100 +19 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: Indépendance des mains and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Challenge
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV.564
Johann Sebastian Bach
86/100 +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: 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
Étude in E major Op.10 No.3
Frédéric Chopin
69/100 -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: Voix chantante and Indépendance des mains — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.
Same level
Valse-Scherzo op. 34
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
69/100 -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. The skill that will carry the work: Staccato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Same level
Etude D flat major KK IIb, 3,3
Frédéric Chopin
68/100 -2 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: Doubles notes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
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