Que jouer après Praeludium in G major, BuxWV162 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B-flat major BWV 866

Johann Sebastian Bach

62/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Praeludium in C major, BuxWV137

Dietrich Buxtehude

60/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk fair confidence

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Canzonetta in A minor, BuxWV225

Dietrich Buxtehude

60/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Praeludium et Fuga in C

Johann Pachelbel

60/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Prelude and Fugue in D minor, for organ

Johann Pachelbel

60/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.534

Johann Sebastian Bach

68/100 +11 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer 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: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Arias: More Palatino,12 variations in C major, BuxWV247

Dietrich Buxtehude

66/100 +9 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: Connaissance des formes and Style baroque — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Canzona in E minor, BuxWV169

Dietrich Buxtehude

70/100 +13 pts 14-28 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 trois voix ou plus and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced

Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV.533, "Cathedral"

Johann Sebastian Bach

70/100 +13 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV.543, "The Great"

Johann Sebastian Bach

75/100 +18 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer 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: Connaissance des formes and Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Préludes Book I No.10 (La cathédrale engloutie)

Claude Debussy

76/100 +19 pts 28-56 weeks

new reflexes 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: Octaves and Balance mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV.532

Johann Sebastian Bach

77/100 +20 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Suite in A major, BuxWV243

Dietrich Buxtehude

55/100 -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 Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Moment Musical in F minor Op.94 No.3

Franz Schubert

55/100 -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: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Same level

Praeludium in A major, BuxWV151

Dietrich Buxtehude

54/100 -3 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: Doubles notes and Demi-pédale — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

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