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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Song Without Words Op.62 No.6 (Spring Song)

Felix Mendelssohn

35/100 +5 pts 3-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Phrasé — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Piano Sonata g minor op. 49,1

Ludwig van Beethoven

34/100 +5 pts 3-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Next piece in the same collection, Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. New compared with the previous piece: Demi-pédale — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Gentle

Bagatelle

Josef Suk

35/100 +5 pts 3-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 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

Allegretto in C major, WoO 56, "Bagatelle"

Ludwig van Beethoven

35/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Gymnopédie No.1

Erik Satie

36/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

6 Bagatelles, op. 107

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

40/100 +10 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 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.

Balanced

Bagatelles et impromptus, for piano

Bedrich Smetana

40/100 +10 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Balanced

Bagatelle Op.119 No.1 in G minor

Ludwig van Beethoven

43/100 +13 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Balance mains — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Balanced

Bagatelle D major op. 33,6

Ludwig van Beethoven

39/100 +9 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Technique générale — 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

Bagatelles, op. 119

Ludwig van Beethoven

46/100 +16 pts 16-32 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Technique générale — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

10 Bagatelles, op. 34

Jean Sibelius

45/100 +15 pts 16-32 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Challenge

Fantasy in G minor, op. 77

Ludwig van Beethoven

69/100 +40 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

Next piece in the same collection, Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. 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.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Piano Sonatina G major Anh. 5,1

Ludwig van Beethoven

29/100 -1 pts 1-2 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. 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.

Same level

Écossaise in E-flat major WoO.86

Ludwig van Beethoven

29/100 -1 pts 1-2 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Legato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Waltz in B minor Op.69 No.2

Frédéric Chopin

33/100 +3 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

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