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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

6 Airs variés, Series I, Op.89

Charles Dancla

53/100 +4 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: Passages rapides and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Air varié, Op.16

Edmund Singer

52/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Air Varié No.10 in E major, Op.16

Nicolas-Lambert Wéry

52/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Andante moderato, Op.89

František Alois Drdla

52/100 +3 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: Legato d'archet and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Album di sei Pezzi originali

Luigi Musso

56/100 +7 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: Vibrato and Passages rapides — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Air varié No.8, Op.27

Joseph Ghys

60/100 +11 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Rythme d'archet complexe and Passages rapides — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

6 Airs variés, Series II, Op.118

Charles Dancla

59/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Passages rapides and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

2 Airs variés

Pierre Rode

58/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Doigté complexe and Passages rapides — settle and write in both fingering and bowings at first reading: changing them later costs weeks.

Balanced

Air varié No.5, Op.24

Joseph Ghys

58/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 3 in C minor, op. 45

Edvard Grieg

67/100 +18 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer 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 Positions hautes — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major, op. 24, "Spring"

Ludwig van Beethoven

64/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (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 Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Second transition to the theme of the Rondo (Wolfgang Schneiderhan)

Eugene Ysaÿe

64/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Variations for Violin and Piano G major K. 359 (374a)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

50/100 +1 pts 3-4 weeks

close skills 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: Intonation and Style classique — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Violin Sonata D major op. 12,1

Ludwig van Beethoven

51/100 +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: Style classique and Changements de position — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Violin Sonata no. 1 in F major, op. 8

Edvard Grieg

51/100 +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: Connaissance des formes and Changements de position — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

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.