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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Schwanengesang

Franz Schubert

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Polyphonie à deux voix — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Waltz No. 11 in G-flat major, Op. 70, No. 1

Frédéric Chopin

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills 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

Piano Sonata c sharp minor R. 356 (21)

Johann Kuhnau

61/100 +6 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

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

Winterreise

Franz Schubert

62/100 +7 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Polyphonie à deux voix — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Mazurka in G major

Frédéric Chopin

62/100 +7 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (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 step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

4 Impromptus, D.935, op. posth.142

Franz Schubert

66/100 +11 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: Passages rapides — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Polonaise, Op. posth. [71], No. 2 in B-flat major

Frédéric Chopin

65/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills 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: Ornements romantiques and Indépendance des mains — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Balanced

Mazurka in G major, op. 67 no. 1

Frédéric Chopin

64/100 +9 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (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

3 Klavierstücke, D.946

Franz Schubert

68/100 +13 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Piano Sonata G major op. 78 D 894

Franz Schubert

74/100 +18 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. New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Voix chantante — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Piano Sonata no. 16 in A minor, D.845, op. 42

Franz Schubert

75/100 +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. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Ballade No.1 in G minor Op.23

Frédéric Chopin

71/100 +16 pts 28-56 weeks

new reflexes 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: Connaissance des formes and Octaves — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Moment Musical in F minor Op.94 No.3

Franz Schubert

55/100 same level 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: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Same level

Impromptu in A-flat major Op.142 No.2

Franz Schubert

56/100 +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: Passages rapides — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Sonata in C major K.330 (I)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

52/100 -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: Connaissance des formes and Demi-pédale — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

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