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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

2 Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 2

Jean Sibelius

58/100 +6 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 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

5 Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 81

Jean Sibelius

58/100 +6 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Choses vues à droite et à gauche; sans lunettes, for violin and piano

Erik Satie

59/100 +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: Technique générale — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Lullaby, for violin and piano, op. 52, M58, "La berceuse d'Aïtacho Enia"

Karol Szymanowski

59/100 +7 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: Legato d'archet and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Romanza for Violin and Piano, H.115

Enrique Granados

55/100 +3 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: 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 step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

La Lugubre gondola, for violin and piano, S.134bis

Franz Liszt

63/100 +11 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Romance in D major, for violin and piano, op. 23

Karol Szymanowski

64/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Legato d'archet and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 115

Jean Sibelius

61/100 +9 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (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.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9: II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce

Karol Szymanowski

69/100 +17 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: Connaissance des formes and Vibrato — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 96

Ludwig van Beethoven

67/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer moderate 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: 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 Sonata in D minor, op. 9: I. Allegro moderato (Patetico)

Karol Szymanowski

73/100 +21 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Vibrato — 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

Violin Sonata no. 1 in F major, op. 8

Edvard Grieg

51/100 -1 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. 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.

Same level

Violin Sonata in A minor, D.385, op. posth.137, no. 2

Franz Schubert

53/100 +1 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Legato d'archet and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Violin Sonata in D major, D.384, op. posth.137, no. 1

Franz Schubert

51/100 -1 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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