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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Consolation No.2 in E major

Franz Liszt

51/100 +5 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: Legato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Nocturne g minor op. 37,1

Frédéric Chopin

52/100 +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: Phrasé — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Andante cantabile in E flat major, for piano and harmonium, JS 30b

Jean Sibelius

50/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer 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

Cantabile in B-flat major, B.84

Frédéric Chopin

52/100 +6 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: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Piano Sonata (Allegro) d minor R. 360 (25)

Johann Kuhnau

53/100 +7 pts 5-10 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

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

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Consolation no. 2 E major

Franz Liszt

57/100 +11 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 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.

Balanced

Piano Sonata (Allegro) (Source: IFM, Ms. No. 9, p. 28) G major R. 368 (33)

Johann Kuhnau

56/100 +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: Balance mains — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Balanced

Piano Sonata (Prestissimo) G major R. 366 (31)

Johann Kuhnau

55/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Rythme général — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Andante cantabile D flat major

Clara Wieck-Schumann

54/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Piano Sonata D flat major R. 417 (88)

Johann Kuhnau

66/100 +20 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: Balance mains — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Challenge

Arias: More Palatino,12 variations in C major, BuxWV247

Dietrich Buxtehude

66/100 +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: Connaissance des formes and Style baroque — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Aria and 3 variations in D minor, BuxWV248, "Rofilis"

Dietrich Buxtehude

67/100 +21 pts 24-48 weeks

new reflexes 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: Voix chantante and Connaissance des formes — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Consolation no. 1 E major

Franz Liszt

46/100 same level 3-4 weeks

partial transfer 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: Passages rapides — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Piano Sonata (Cantabile) G major R. deest

Johann Kuhnau

45/100 -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: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Romance without opus (First Edition)

Fanny Hensel

45/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. 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.

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