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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 20

Camille Saint-Saëns

70/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Violin Concerto no. 11 in G major, op. 70

Louis Spohr

70/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

6 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, op. 87 and 89

Jean Sibelius

70/100 +5 pts 7-14 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: Ornements romantiques and Indépendance des mains — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Gentle

Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, for violin and orchestra, op. 28

Camille Saint-Saëns

71/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Technique générale — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 17

Josef Suk

69/100 +4 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: Changements de position — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Violin Concerto no. 4 in D minor, MS60

Niccolò Paganini

76/100 +11 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Violin Sonata no. 1

Alfred Schnittke

77/100 +12 pts 14-28 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato and Legato d'archet — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Violin Sonata

Alfred Schnittke

77/100 +12 pts 14-28 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61

Ludwig van Beethoven

75/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major, op. 47, "Kreutzer"

Ludwig van Beethoven

80/100 +15 pts 32-64 weeks

new reflexes 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: Legato d'archet and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Violin Concerto no. 4

Alfred Schnittke

80/100 +15 pts 32-64 weeks

new reflexes 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: Passages rapides — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Cadenza (Wolfgang Schneiderhan)

Eugene Ysaÿe

86/100 +21 pts 32-64 weeks

new reflexes 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: Passages rapides and Doigté complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Fugue, for solo violin

Alfred Schnittke

65/100 same level 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: Analyse harmonique and Positions hautes — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Souvenir d'un lieu cher, for violin and piano, op. 42

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

64/100 -1 pts 4-7 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. What changes is the skill in play: Voix chantante and Vibrato — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

Violin Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23

Ludwig van Beethoven

63/100 -2 pts 4-7 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. What changes is the skill in play: Legato d'archet and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

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