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What to play after Six Unison Melodies, no. 5 ?
Béla Bartók · difficulty 12/100

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle
Minuet in G major K.1e
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
17/100 +5 pts 2-4 weeks
new reflexes low risk to confirm
A short step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 2 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.
Gentle
In Yugoslav Style
Béla Bartók
16/100 +4 pts 2-4 weeks
new reflexes low risk to confirm
A short step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 1 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Gentle
Minuet in C minor BWV Anh.121
Johann Sebastian Bach
19/100 +7 pts 2-4 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
A short step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 2 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Gentle
Menuet BWV Anh.113
Johann Sebastian Bach
19/100 +7 pts 2-4 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
A short step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 2 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Gentle
Waves
Béla Bartók
19/100 +7 pts 2-4 weeks
new reflexes low risk to confirm
A short step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 2 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato — 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
Tambourin
Jean-Philippe Rameau
23/100 +11 pts 4-8 weeks
close skills moderate risk to confirm
A real step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 2 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Ornements baroque — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.
Balanced
Musette BWV Anh.126
Johann Sebastian Bach
24/100 +12 pts 4-8 weeks
partial transfer moderate risk to confirm
A real step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 2 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Balanced
Sarabande in A minor HWV 476
George Frideric Handel
24/100 +12 pts 4-8 weeks
partial transfer moderate risk to confirm
A real step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 2 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Balanced
Gavotte (from Clavier-Büchlein)
Johann Sebastian Bach
24/100 +12 pts 4-8 weeks
partial transfer moderate risk to confirm
A real step up, staying in Beginner (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge
In the Style of a Folksong
Béla Bartók
31/100 +19 pts 12-24 weeks
new reflexes high risk to confirm
An ambitious leap into Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Gammes et arpèges — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Challenge
Diminished Fifths
Béla Bartók
29/100 +17 pts 8-16 weeks
new reflexes high risk to confirm
An ambitious leap into Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Staccato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Challenge
2-Part Inventions, BWV.772-786
Johann Sebastian Bach
32/100 +20 pts 12-24 weeks
partial transfer high risk to confirm
An ambitious leap into Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Polyphonie à deux voix — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level
Question and Answer
Béla Bartók
13/100 +1 pts 1-2 weeks
new reflexes low risk to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Beginner (around grade 1 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
Six Unison Melodies, no. 6
Béla Bartók
14/100 +2 pts 1-2 weeks
new reflexes low risk to confirm
Next piece in the same collection, Beginner (around grade 1 ABRSM/RCM): the order its editor chose, a progression already tested. What changes is the skill in play: Polyphonie à deux voix — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.
Same level
Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115
Johann Sebastian Bach
15/100 +3 pts 1-2 weeks
partial transfer low risk to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Beginner (around grade 1 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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