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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, for violin and piano

Maurice Ravel

43/100 +5 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 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

4 Romantic Pieces, for violin and piano, op. 75

Antonín Dvořák

44/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Intonation and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Abendklänge, WAB 110

Anton Bruckner

42/100 +4 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Pastorale, Menuet Triste et Nocturne, for violin and piano 4 hands

George Enescu

41/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Détaché and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Berceuse in B flat major, for violin and piano, op. 38

Camille Saint-Saëns

45/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Legato d'archet and Vibrato — 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

Elegie in F major, for violin and piano, op. 160

Camille Saint-Saëns

50/100 +12 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 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.

Balanced

Andantino quietoso in E flat major, for violin and piano, op. 6, M.5

César Franck

50/100 +12 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Intonation and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Elegy no. 1 for Violin and Piano, op. 143

Camille Saint-Saëns

52/100 +14 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Legato d'archet and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Andante moderato, Op.89

František Alois Drdla

52/100 +14 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 23 in D major, K.306

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

54/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV.1023

Johann Sebastian Bach

54/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major, op. 13

Edvard Grieg

58/100 +20 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Changements de position — 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

Rondo for Violin and Piano in G major, WoO 41

Ludwig van Beethoven

38/100 same level 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Style classique and Rythmes pointés — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Violin Sonata no. 11 in E flat major, K.26

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

39/100 +1 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Connaissance des formes and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Violin Sonata no. 36 in F major, K.547, "For Beginners"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

40/100 +2 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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.