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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Sonata no. 3 in F major, op. 46

Dmitry Kabalevsky

58/100 +6 pts 5-10 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: Connaissance des formes and Style moderne et contemporain — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Piano Sonata no. 2 in D minor, op. 14

Sergei Prokofiev

55/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Sonata no. 2 in E flat major, op. 45

Dmitry Kabalevsky

55/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Demi-pédale and Connaissance des formes — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Gentle

Piano Sonata, op. 1

Roy Harris

55/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

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Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Piano Sonata no. 2 in E major, op. 2

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

70/100 +18 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: Connaissance des formes and Style moderne et contemporain — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Piano Sonata no. 3 in A minor, op. 28, "From Old Notebooks"

Sergei Prokofiev

72/100 +20 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills 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: Connaissance des formes and Style moderne et contemporain — 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

Intermezzo no. 3 in A flat major, FP118

Francis Poulenc

50/100 -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. The skill that will carry the work: Style moderne et contemporain — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

2 Sonatinas, op. 54

Sergei Prokofiev

50/100 -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: Passages rapides and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Sarabande, for piano, H. 26

Arthur Honegger

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. What changes is the skill in play: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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