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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Nocturne in F minor (posthumous) B.108

Frédéric Chopin

40/100 +5 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 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.

Gentle

Prelude no. 2 in G

Orlando Gibbons

40/100 +5 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à deux voix — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Prelude and Fughetta d minor BWV 899

Johann Sebastian Bach

41/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à deux voix — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Prelude no. 4 in A minor

Orlando Gibbons

42/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Nuances — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Prélude from “La Damoiselle élue”

Claude Debussy

42/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style impressionniste — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Prelude e minor op. 28,4

Frédéric Chopin

46/100 +11 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Nuances — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced

Prelude b minor op. 28,6

Frédéric Chopin

45/100 +10 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). 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.

Balanced

Preludes for Piano no. 2

Sergei Prokofiev

45/100 +10 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 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.

Balanced

Prelude a minor BWV 895

Johann Sebastian Bach

45/100 +10 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Nuances — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Nocturne in C-sharp minor (posthumous)

Frédéric Chopin

53/100 +17 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Challenge

Nocturne in E-flat major Op.9 No.2

Frédéric Chopin

51/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Ornements romantiques and Voix chantante — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Challenge

Prelude in D minor BWV 851 (WTC I)

Johann Sebastian Bach

51/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Gymnopédie No.3

Erik Satie

35/100 -1 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: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

Gymnopédie No.1

Erik Satie

36/100 +1 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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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