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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Mazurka in G minor, op. 67 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

67/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills 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: Syncopes — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Mazurka in F major, op. 68 no. 3

Frédéric Chopin

66/100 +4 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Rythme général — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

9 Mazurkas, op. 25

Alexander Scriabin

65/100 +3 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: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

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

Isaac Albéniz

65/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Csardas obstine, for piano, S618/R300

Franz Liszt

65/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

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

Franz Liszt

72/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

new reflexes 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: Rythmes pointés — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Mazurka in C major, op. 56 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

70/100 +8 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk fair confidence

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Rythme général — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Mazurka in A minor, op. 68 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin

70/100 +8 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

Hélèné, polka in D minor

Alexander Borodin

70/100 +8 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: Style impressionniste — 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

Mephisto Waltz No.1 S.514

Franz Liszt

82/100 +20 pts 32-64 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Trilles — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat major, op. 61

Frédéric Chopin

83/100 +21 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Ornements romantiques and Analyse harmonique — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Challenge

Polonaise no. 6 in A flat major, op. 53, "Heroic"

Frédéric Chopin

84/100 +22 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Rythmes pointés and Passages rapides — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

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 -2 pts 4-7 weeks

close skills 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 -2 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: 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 -3 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: Passages rapides and Ornements romantiques — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

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