Que jouer après 2 Military Marches, H.145 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Exquise, H.59

Enrique Granados

50/100 +5 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The 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

Exquise, H 59, DLR 7:7

Enrique Granados

50/100 +5 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Le Piège de Méduse, dances

Erik Satie

50/100 +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: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63

Ludwig van Beethoven

48/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Next-to-last thoughts

Erik Satie

48/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Dolora in A minor, H.48

Enrique Granados

55/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The 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

Carezza, op. 38, H.31

Enrique Granados

55/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Marche écossaise, sur un thème populaire, for piano 4-hands, L.77

Claude Debussy

55/100 +10 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: Style impressionniste — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Marche militaire no. 1 in D flat major

Franz Schubert

55/100 +10 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: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Marches, op. 76

Robert Schumann

64/100 +19 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 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.

Challenge

Barcarola, op. 45, H.14

Enrique Granados

60/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Demi-pédale — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Challenge

Andaluza: Andantino, quasi allegretto, for piano

Enrique Granados

60/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 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

Rêverie-improvisation, H.114

Enrique Granados

45/100 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. What changes is the skill in play: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

María del Carmen,, H.84

Enrique Granados

45/100 same level 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: Rythme général — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Same level

Piano Sonata no. 20 in G major, op. 49 no. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven

46/100 +1 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: Connaissance des formes — 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.