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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Mazurkas, op. 17

Frédéric Chopin

57/100 +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

Mazurkas, op. 67

Frédéric Chopin

56/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Mazurka in C minor, G.11

Manuel de Falla

55/100 +3 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: Style moderne et contemporain and Rythmes pointés — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

2 Mazurkas, op. 40

Alexander Scriabin

55/100 +3 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: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Diva sin par, mazurka for piano

Isaac Albéniz

55/100 +3 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: Rythmes pointés — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68, No. 4

Frédéric Chopin

62/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk fair confidence

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Rythmes pointés and Indépendance des mains — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Mazurka op. 41 nr. 4

Frédéric Chopin

60/100 +8 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk fair confidence

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides and Rythmes pointés — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Mazurka de salon in E flat major, op. 95, B.31/1, "Amalia"

Isaac Albéniz

60/100 +8 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Rythmes pointés — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Mazurka de salon in D minor, op. 96, B.31/2, "Ricordatti"

Isaac Albéniz

60/100 +8 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Mazurka pour piano composee par un amateur de St. Petersbourg, S.384

Franz Liszt

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. The skill that will carry the work: Rythmes pointés — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Challenge

Mazurkas, op. 59

Frédéric Chopin

68/100 +16 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: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Challenge

Mazurkas, op. 56

Frédéric Chopin

67/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Polonaise B flat major KK IVa,1

Frédéric Chopin

52/100 same level 4-6 weeks

new reflexes 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: Octaves — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Polonaise A flat major KK IVa,2

Frédéric Chopin

53/100 +1 pts 4-6 weeks

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

Same level

Polka poétique g minor op. 8,2

Bedrich Smetana

50/100 -2 pts 4-6 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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