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What to play after Berceuse Op.57 No.2 ?
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · difficulty 24/100

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle
Burgmüller - Barcarolle Op.100 No.22
Friedrich Burgmüller
29/100 +5 pts 2-4 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Balance mains and Staccato — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.
Gentle
2 Rêveries nocturnes
Erik Satie
30/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks
close skills low risk to confirm
A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.
Gentle
Lullaby
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
30/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Elementary (around grade 3 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
Kleine Romanze Op.68 No.19
Robert Schumann
30/100 +6 pts 3-6 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.
Gentle
Gymnopédie No.2
Erik Satie
31/100 +7 pts 3-6 weeks
close skills low risk to confirm
A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: 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
Gymnopédie No.3
Erik Satie
35/100 +11 pts 6-12 weeks
close skills moderate risk to confirm
A real step up: this piece moves you into Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.
Balanced
Gymnopédie No.1
Erik Satie
36/100 +12 pts 6-12 weeks
close skills moderate risk to confirm
A real step up: this piece moves you into Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.
Balanced
Lullaby for piano in G major, B.188/1
Antonín Dvořák
37/100 +13 pts 6-12 weeks
partial transfer moderate risk to confirm
A real step up: this piece moves you into 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
Wiegenlied, D. 498
Franz Schubert
37/100 +13 pts 6-12 weeks
new reflexes moderate risk to confirm
A real step up: this piece moves you into 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.
Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge
Lullabies for piano, op. 33
Josef Suk
40/100 +16 pts 16-32 weeks
partial transfer high risk to confirm
An ambitious leap into Elementary (around grade 4 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
A Bridal Lullaby
Percy Grainger
40/100 +16 pts 16-32 weeks
new reflexes high risk to confirm
An ambitious leap into Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Style moderne et contemporain — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level
Children's Album: 24 Easy Pieces, op. 39
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
25/100 +1 pts 1-2 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. 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
Lullaby
Charles Gounod
25/100 +1 pts 1-2 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. What changes is the skill in play: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Same level
Waltz Op.39 No.8
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
23/100 -1 pts 1-2 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Beginner (around grade 2 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Rythme général — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.
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