Que jouer après Polonaise G major ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

3rd movement: Finale. Tempo di Minuet from Sonata Hob. XVI:49

Franz Joseph Haydn

58/100 +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: Pédale de sustain — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Gentle

Waltz E major op. 39,2

Johannes Brahms

57/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The 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

Piano Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli C major FXWM VII:35

Franz Xaver Mozart

56/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Polonaise in B flat major, B.3

Frédéric Chopin

59/100 +7 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: Rythmes pointés and Passages rapides — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Waltz in F major Op.34 No.3

Frédéric Chopin

55/100 +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: Ornements romantiques — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Valse mignonne

Ruggero Leoncavallo

63/100 +11 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 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

Rhapsodies, op. 79

Johannes Brahms

64/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Balanced

Polonaise b flat minor KK IVa,5

Frédéric Chopin

65/100 +12 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: Octaves — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

3 Ecossaises D major, G major, D flat major op. 72,3

Frédéric Chopin

66/100 +13 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 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.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Polonaises, op. 71

Frédéric Chopin

72/100 +20 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides and Ornements romantiques — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Polonaise G flat major KK IVa,8

Frédéric Chopin

74/100 +22 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Octaves — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Polonaise g minor

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

45/100 -8 pts 16-32 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.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Mazurka in A minor Op.7 No.2

Frédéric Chopin

52/100 -1 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Rythmes pointés and Ornements romantiques — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Same level

Polka poétique g minor op. 8,2

Bedrich Smetana

50/100 -2 pts 4-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 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

Mazurka in A minor Op.17 No.4

Frédéric Chopin

49/100 -3 pts 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: Rythmes pointés — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

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