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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Piano Sonata e minor Hob. XVI:47

Franz Joseph Haydn

54/100 +5 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Piano Sonata D major K. 311 (284c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

53/100 +5 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

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

Piano Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:16

Franz Joseph Haydn

53/100 +4 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: Balance mains — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Gentle

Keyboard Sonata in A major, Wq. 89, no. 3, H.527

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

55/100 +6 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Sonata in C major K.330 (I)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

52/100 +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: Demi-pédale and Connaissance des formes — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:42

Franz Joseph Haydn

60/100 +11 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

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

Piano Sonata B flat major K. 570

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

59/100 +11 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Sonata in F major K.332 (I)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

59/100 +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 Indépendance des mains — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Piano Sonata A flat major Hob. XVI:46

Franz Joseph Haydn

58/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Next piece in the same collection, Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. The skill that will carry the work: Indépendance des 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

Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:51

Franz Joseph Haydn

67/100 +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. New compared with the previous piece: Balance mains and Connaissance des formes — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Challenge

Sonata in B-flat major K.333

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

66/100 +17 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

Piano Sonata D major Hob. XIV:5

Franz Joseph Haydn

41/100 -8 pts 16-32 weeks

partial transfer 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. New compared with the previous piece: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Piano Sonata E major Hob. XVI:22

Franz Joseph Haydn

49/100 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. The skill that will carry the work: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Piano Sonata G major Hob. XVI:27

Franz Joseph Haydn

49/100 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: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Same level

3-Part Inventions, BWV.787-801

Johann Sebastian Bach

47/100 -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: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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