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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Fantaisie pour piano sur un vieil air de ronde française, op. 99

Vincent d'Indy

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

Gentle

Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer' in E major, op. 15

Felix Mendelssohn

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 demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Nuances — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Fantasie no. 3 in C major, op. 157

Camille Saint-Saëns

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). 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.

Gentle

Fantaisie sur l'Andante de Martini, H.15

John Field

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 demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Nuances — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Valse-ballet; Fantaisie-valse

Erik Satie

58/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — 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

Fantasias, op. 116

Johannes Brahms

66/100 +11 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: Polyphonie à deux voix and Lecture avec altérations accidentelles — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Fantasie in E flat major, op. 18

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

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). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Nuances — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced

Fantasy Pieces, op. 12

Robert Schumann

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 demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Nuances — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced

Fantasy in C major, op. 14, M13

Karol Szymanowski

68/100 +13 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Fantasy Pieces, op. 111

Robert Schumann

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

Challenge

Fantasia in G minor, D.9

Franz Schubert

71/100 +16 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. 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.

Challenge

Morceau de Fantaisie in G minor, "Delmo"

Sergei Rachmaninoff

70/100 +15 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills moderate 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: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Rondos, op. 51

Ludwig van Beethoven

55/100 same level 4-6 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: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Fra Holbergs tid, for piano, op. 40, "Holberg Suite"

Edvard Grieg

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

Same level

Piano Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 14 no. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven

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

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