Que jouer après Polonaise in E major, G.vi184 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Bolero in D minor, G.vi208

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

53/100 +5 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Legato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Polonaise A flat major KK IVa,2

Frédéric Chopin

53/100 +5 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 — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Mazurka in A flat major, B.85

Frédéric Chopin

55/100 +7 pts 5-10 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: Staccato and Rythmes pointés — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Gentle

Prelude-Impromptu and Mazurka, for piano, op. 38

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

55/100 +7 pts 5-10 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: Demi-pédale and Rythmes pointés — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Gentle

Valse-favorite in B flat major, G.vi170

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

55/100 +7 pts 5-10 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: Staccato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Polonaise in B flat major, B.3

Frédéric Chopin

59/100 +11 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: Rythmes pointés and Passages rapides — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Polonaises, op. 40

Frédéric Chopin

59/100 +11 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: Ornements romantiques and Indépendance des mains — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Balanced

Polonaise, WWV 23a

Richard Wagner

60/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

La bella capricciosa, polonaise in B flat major, op. 55

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

60/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Polonaises, op. 26

Frédéric Chopin

67/100 +19 pts 24-48 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: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Grande Polonaise in E flat major, J.59, op. 21

Carl Maria von Weber

67/100 +19 pts 24-48 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: Demi-pédale and Rythmes pointés — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Challenge

Polonaise in A flat major, B.5

Frédéric Chopin

64/100 +16 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills high 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. The skill that will carry the work: Rythmes pointés and Passages rapides — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Waltzes, op. 39

Johannes Brahms

48/100 same level 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Legato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Mazurka, L.67

Claude Debussy

46/100 -2 pts 3-4 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Staccato and Rythmes pointés — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Same level

Jig, for piano, H.179

Gustav Holst

45/100 -3 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Staccato — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

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