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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Theme with Variations in C major, KiV 6

Ferruccio Busoni

52/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Connaissance des formes — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

8 Piano Variations on "Come un'agnello" K. 460 (454a)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

54/100 +7 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Connaissance des formes and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Keyboard Sonata in A major, Hob.XVI:30, op. 14, no. 4

Franz Joseph Haydn

51/100 +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: Indépendance des mains and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

12 Piano Variations on the Romance "Je suis Lindor" K. 354 (299a)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

54/100 +7 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low 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: Lecture avec altérations accidentelles and Connaissance des formes — reading the score is itself an obstacle before technique: budget time for plain reading.

Gentle

Variations on a Russian Dance, WoO 71

Ludwig van Beethoven

54/100 +7 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

10 Piano Variations on “Unser dummer Pöbel meint” K. 455

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

57/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Connaissance des formes and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Allegretto with 6 Variations in C major, H.65, Wq.118, no. 5

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

60/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

9 Piano Variations on the Ariette "Lison dormait" K. 264 (315d)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

57/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

12 Variations on La folia d'Espagne, H.263, Wq.118, no. 9

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

61/100 +13 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: Passages rapides and Balance mains — 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

Sonata in B-flat major K.333

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

66/100 +18 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: Connaissance des formes — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Sonata in A major K.331

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

68/100 +20 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: Rythmes pointés and Ornements romantiques — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Challenge

Variations on the name Abegg, op. 1

Robert Schumann

69/100 +22 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: Ornements romantiques and Demi-pédale — 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 Sonata (Allegro and Allegretto) F major K. Anh. 135 (547a)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

48/100 same level 3-4 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Indépendance des mains and Style classique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Arabesque No.1

Claude Debussy

49/100 +1 pts 3-4 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Ornements romantiques — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

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