Que jouer après Prelude and Fughetta d minor BWV 899 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Prelude e minor op. 28,4

Frédéric Chopin

46/100 +5 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that 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.

Gentle

Prelude b minor op. 28,6

Frédéric Chopin

45/100 +4 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that 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.

Gentle

Komm, heiliger Geist, erfüll die Herzen, chorale prelude for organ, BWV. deest

Johann Sebastian Bach

45/100 +4 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Preludes for Piano no. 2

Sergei Prokofiev

45/100 +4 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: Phrasé — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Prelude a minor BWV 895

Johann Sebastian Bach

45/100 +4 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.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Prelude in D minor BWV 851 (WTC I)

Johann Sebastian Bach

51/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). 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.

Balanced

Appendix: Initial Prélude HWV 572

George Frideric Handel

50/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 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

Appendix: Initial Prélude HWV 570

George Frideric Handel

50/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Prelude and Fughetta in E minor, BWV.900

Johann Sebastian Bach

50/100 +9 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk fair confidence

Next piece in the same collection, Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

WTC I Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor BWV 859

Johann Sebastian Bach

59/100 +19 pts 20-40 weeks

new reflexes 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: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Prelude and Fugue F major BWV 856 (WTC I)

Johann Sebastian Bach

57/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Prelude in F major, BWV.928

Johann Sebastian Bach

40/100 same level 3-4 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Nocturne in F minor (posthumous) B.108

Frédéric Chopin

40/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 5 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

Invention No.13 in A minor BWV 784

Johann Sebastian Bach

40/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Style baroque and Indépendance des mains — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Progressions computed from difficulty, skill overlap and style between works. A What do we play next? recommendation should remain a pedagogical starting point, not an automatic prescription.