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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Polonaise brillante, op. 72, S.455, R.460

Franz Liszt

65/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Octaves and Rythmes pointés — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

9 Mazurkas, op. 25

Alexander Scriabin

65/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 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

6 Mazurkas de salon, for piano, op. 66, B.12

Isaac Albéniz

65/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Mazurkas, op. 41

Frédéric Chopin

66/100 +6 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Mazurka in C-sharp minor Op.63 No.3

Frédéric Chopin

63/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Mazurka in A minor, op. 68 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

70/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Syncopes — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

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

Franz Liszt

72/100 +12 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 8 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

Valse-scherzo no. 1 in A major, op. 7

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

68/100 +8 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 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 in F minor, op. 63 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

74/100 +14 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Syncopes and Passages rapides — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op. 59 no. 3

Frédéric Chopin

76/100 +16 pts 28-56 weeks

new reflexes 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: Syncopes and Ornements romantiques — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Challenge

Mazurka in C-sharp minor, op. 63 no. 3

Frédéric Chopin

76/100 +16 pts 28-56 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

Challenge

La Valse (piano solo)

Maurice Ravel

76/100 +16 pts 28-56 weeks

new reflexes 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: Style impressionniste — 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

Waltz in C-sharp minor Op.64 No.2

Frédéric Chopin

60/100 same level 4-7 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: Ornements romantiques — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Same level

Danse bohémienne

Claude Debussy

60/100 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: Style impressionniste — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Polonaises, op. 40

Frédéric Chopin

59/100 -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: Ornements romantiques and Passages rapides — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

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