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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Toccata, Allegro, Andante, Adagio assai, Andante, Adagio, Fuga Allegro assai in C

Alessandro Scarlatti

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Adagio and Fugue in C minor

Mozart

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style baroque and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV.826

Johann Sebastian Bach

76/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Style baroque — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998

Johann Sebastian Bach

76/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Doigté complexe and Style baroque — settle and write the fingering in at first reading: changing it later costs weeks.

Gentle

Toccata, Arpeggio, Fuga in G

Alessandro Scarlatti

74/100 +4 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Gammes et arpèges and Analyse harmonique — 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

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV.903

Johann Sebastian Bach

80/100 +10 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). The skill that will carry the work: Croisements de mains and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

Johann Sebastian Bach

82/100 +12 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Polyphonie à deux voix and Doigté complexe — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Toccata, Fuga, Allegro, Minuetto, Presto in E minor

Alessandro Scarlatti

80/100 +10 pts 16-32 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Toccata, Fuga, Allegro, Corrente in G minor

Alessandro Scarlatti

79/100 +9 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Staccato and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Fugue in A minor, KKIVc/2

Frédéric Chopin

88/100 +18 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

Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV.582

Johann Sebastian Bach

86/100 +16 pts 32-64 weeks

close skills 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: Octaves and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV.564

Johann Sebastian Bach

86/100 +16 pts 32-64 weeks

close skills 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: Staccato and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Fugue no. 2 en Do Mineur, BWV.871

Johann Sebastian Bach

70/100 same level 5-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Analyse harmonique and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Fugue no. 14 en Fa Dièse Mineur, BWV.883

Johann Sebastian Bach

67/100 -3 pts 4-7 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Voix chantante and Connaissance des formes — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

Suite bergamasque (Clair de lune)

Claude Debussy

73/100 +3 pts 5-8 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Voix chantante and Balance mains — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

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