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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Piano Sonatina F major op. 36,4

Muzio Clementi

39/100 +4 pts 3-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 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 Sonatina E flat major

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

39/100 +4 pts 3-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Sonatina in F major (Anh.5 No.2)

Ludwig van Beethoven

40/100 +6 pts 4-8 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

Sonatina in G major (Anh.5 No.1)

Ludwig van Beethoven

40/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Keyboard Sonatina in D major, Wq.109, H.453

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

45/100 +11 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (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 Sonatina F major op. 8,1

Hermann Goetz

43/100 +9 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 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.

Balanced

Piano Sonatina A major op. 60,2

Friedrich Kuhlau

43/100 +9 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Sonatina in G major Op.79

Ludwig van Beethoven

43/100 +8 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.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

2 Sonatinas, op. 54

Sergei Prokofiev

50/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

new reflexes 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: Style moderne et contemporain and Passages rapides — 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

Invention No.4 in D minor BWV 775

Johann Sebastian Bach

33/100 -1 pts 2-3 weeks

new reflexes 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: Polyphonie à deux voix and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

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.