Que jouer après Adagio in F Hob. XVII:9 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Piano Variations in C Hob. XVII:5

Franz Joseph Haydn

39/100 +5 pts 3-6 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: Analyse harmonique and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Capriccio in G “Acht Sauschneider müssen seyn” Hob. XVII:1

Franz Joseph Haydn

39/100 +5 pts 3-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style classique and Connaissance des formes — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Prelude in A major Op.28 No.7

Frédéric Chopin

37/100 +4 pts 3-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Legato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Andantino e grazioso in B flat major, Wq.114, H.229

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

40/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Allegro in D major, H.251, Wq.116, no. 25

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

40/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Rondo in D major, K.485

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

45/100 +11 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Indépendance des mains and Style classique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Sonatina in G major Op.79

Ludwig van Beethoven

43/100 +9 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style classique and Connaissance des formes — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:14

Franz Joseph Haydn

42/100 +9 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Balance mains — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Piano arrangement of the final part of the Introduzione from La vera costanza

Franz Joseph Haydn

42/100 +8 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Next piece in the same collection, Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. 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.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

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

Frédéric Chopin

51/100 +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: 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

Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:24

Franz Joseph Haydn

49/100 +15 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Indépendance des mains — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:19

Franz Joseph Haydn

49/100 +15 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Piano Sonata G major Hob. XVI:G1

Franz Joseph Haydn

34/100 +1 pts 2-3 weeks

close skills 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: Analyse harmonique and Ornements romantiques — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Waltz in B minor Op.69 No.2

Frédéric Chopin

33/100 -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: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

March (Versions "A" and "B") C major Hob. VIII:2

Franz Joseph Haydn

31/100 -3 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. 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.

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.