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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Violin Sonata no. 3, H.303

Bohuslav Martinů

70/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Vibrato and Legato d'archet — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Violin Sonata in G major, op. 6

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

71/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Violin Sonata in G minor, op. 1

Aram Khachaturian

71/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Violin Sonata no. 2, H.208

Bohuslav Martinů

69/100 +4 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Sonata Fantasia no. 1, for violin and piano, A.51

Heitor Villa-Lobos

72/100 +7 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: Legato d'archet and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Sonata pimpante, for violin and piano

Joaquín Rodrigo

76/100 +11 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Vibrato and Legato d'archet — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Violin Sonata no. 2, "Poème mystique"

Ernest Bloch

77/100 +12 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: Harmoniques and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Violin Sonata no. 2 in D major, op. 94bis

Sergei Prokofiev

77/100 +12 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: Rythme d'archet complexe and Vibrato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Violin Sonata no. 1

Ernest Bloch

78/100 +12 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: Changements de position and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 1 in C sharp minor, op. 21, BB84, Sz.75

Béla Bartók

83/100 +18 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: Rythme d'archet complexe and Martelé — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 2 in C major, BB85, Sz.76

Béla Bartók

83/100 +17 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: Staccato and Rythme d'archet complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

85/100 +20 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. 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

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Suite for Violin and Piano, op. 6: II. Moto perpetuo

Benjamin Britten

63/100 -3 pts 4-7 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. 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.

Same level

Three Preludes for Violin and Piano

George Gershwin

68/100 +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: Intonation and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Theme and 5 Variations in E major, for violin and piano

Alban Berg

68/100 +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: Pizzicato and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Progressions computed from difficulty, skill overlap and style between works. A What do we play next? recommendation should remain a pedagogical starting point, not an automatic prescription.