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Albeniz I.

Sevilla sevillanas No 3 from Suite espanola Op 47

Suggested grade

8

Aiello V.

Van Gogh

User Poll: avg = 3.3; median = 3

3

Chopin F.

Etude in F minor Op 10 No 9

Suggested grade

9

Chopin F.

Etude in F minor Op 10 No 9

Suggested grade

9

Rimsky-Korsakov N.

Flight of the Bumblebee arr. Bradley

Suggested grade

5

Handel G.

Gavotte

Suggested grade

1

Glinka M.

Zhavoronok [The lark] arr. Balakirev

Suggested grade

10

Glinka M.

Zhavoronok [The lark] arr. Balakirev

Suggested grade

8

Chopin F.

Etude in C# minor Op 10 No 4

Suggested grade

10

Satie E.

Gymnopedie No 1

Suggested grade

6

Bach J.S.

French Suite No 5 in G major BWV 816 mvt 7 Gigue

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Waltz in B minor Op 69 No 2

Suggested grade

5

Bach J.S.

Partita No 2 in C minor BWV 826 - mvt 6 Capriccio

Suggested grade

10

Schumann R.

Traumerei (Dreaming) No 7 from Kinderscenen Op 15

Suggested grade

9

Schumann R.

Traumerei (Dreaming) No 7 from Kinderscenen Op 15

Suggested grade

7

Schumann R.

Traumerei (Dreaming) No 7 from Kinderscenen Op 15

Suggested grade

7

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31 No 2 (Tempest)

Suggested grade

10

Reinecke C.

Elegy - mvt 2 from Clavier-Serenade Op 183 No 2

Suggested grade

1

Debussy C.

Clair de lune mvt 3 from Suite Bergamasque L 75

Suggested grade

5

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 21 in C major Op 53 Waldstein

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Nocturne in Eb major Op 9 No 2

Suggested grade

10

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 29 in Bb major Op 106 (Hammerklavier)

Suggested grade

9

Kuhlau F.

Sonatina in G major Op 20 No 2 1st mvt

Suggested grade

8

Kuhlau F.

Sonatina in G major Op 20 No 2 1st mvt

Suggested grade

10

Brahms J.

Intermezzo in A major No 2 from Clavierstucke Op 118

Suggested grade

8

Satie E.

Peccadilles importunes No 3 Profiter de ce qu'il a des cors aux pieds pour lui prendre son cerceau

User Poll: avg = 2.8; median = 3

3

Bach J.C.F.

Allegretto in F major from Musikalische Nebenstunden

Suggested grade

2

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 14 in C# minor (Moonlight) Op 27 No 2 - mvt 3

Suggested grade

10

Haydn J.

Sonata in F major Hob XVI:9

Suggested grade

5

Liszt F.

Six Paganini Studies No 3

Suggested grade

10

Kullak T.

Witches' Dance Op 4 No 2

Suggested grade

3

Chopin F.

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66

Suggested grade

7

Aiello V.

Van Gogh

This is maximum a grade 2, it's repetitive broken chords, nothing difficult, easy to memorize, no technical challenges!

Chopin F.

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66

Very easy once you get the polyrythym

9

Chopin F.

Nocturne in Db major Op 27 No 2/CT 115

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Nocturne in B major Op 9 No 3

Suggested grade

10

Wedgwood P.

Minnie Mouse Hits Town

Suggested grade

2

Haydn J.

Vivace assai No 11 from 12 petites pieces

Suggested grade

3

Ravel M.

Pavane pour une infante defunte [Pavane for a dead princess] in G major

Suggested grade

6

Ravel M.

Pavane pour une infante defunte [Pavane for a dead princess] in G major

Suggested grade

6

Schubert F.

German Dance and Trio in C# major D 139

Suggested grade

6

Gershwin G.

Rhapsody in Blue

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Ballade No 2 in F major Op 38

Suggested grade

10

Schumann R.

Traumerei (Dreaming) No 7 from Kinderscenen Op 15

Suggested grade

8

Chopin F.

Etude in Db major Op 25 No 8

Suggested grade

10

Granados E.

Lento con tenerezza Op 1 No 6

PS grade revised from 3 to 4 (Nov. '24)

4

Mozart W.

Sonata in G major K 283 - mvt 1 Allegro

Suggested grade

7

Hensel F.

Schluss

User Poll: avg = 4.8; median = 5

5

Chopin F.

Etude in C# minor Op 10 No 4

Suggested grade

8

Chopin F.

Etude in Ab major No 1 from Etudes Op 25/CT 26

Suggested grade

7

Schubert F.

Impromptu in Ab major No 4 from 4 impromptus Op 90/D899

Suggested grade

4

Wrangell A.

Rush E

Suggested grade

6

Chopin F.

Nocturne in Eb major Op 9 No 2

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66

Suggested grade

7

Chopin F.

Etude in G# minor Op 25 No 6

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Etude in A minor Op 25 No 11

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66

Once you get the 3 against 2 down its a lot easier than it looks

6

Chopin F.

Ballade in F major Op 38

A lot easier than it looks and gets very consistent. Still very hard to get up to speed

9

Chopin F.

Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23

Gets very consistent with practice

8

Rachmaninoff S.

Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Op 43 variation 18 arr. Long

Suggested grade

10

Kabalevsky D.

Four Rondos Op 60 Rondo-Toccata No 4

Suggested grade

1

Chopin F.

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66

Suggested grade

8

Chopin F.

Waltz in C# minor Op 64 No 2

Suggested grade

9

Chopin F.

Nocturne in Eb major Op 9 No 2

Suggested grade

10

Yiruma

River Flows in You

Suggested grade

8

Rachmaninoff S.

Prelude No 2 from Morceaux de fantasie Op 3

Suggested grade

7

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 5 in C minor Op 10 No 1

Suggested grade

10

Joplin S.

Pineapple rag

Suggested grade

7

Satie E.

Gnossiennes No 1

Suggested grade

5

Chopin F.

Ballade No 3 in Ab major Op 47

Suggested grade

10

Busoni F.

Prelude Op 37 No 8

User Poll: avg = 5.1; median = 5

5

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31 No 2 (Tempest)

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Nocturne - opus posth. in C minor B108

Suggested grade

7

Dussek J.

Sonatina in G major Op 19 / Op 20 No 1 complete

This is a higher level piece than suggested.

8

Norton C.

Barbed Wire Blues

Suggested grade

6

McCartney P.

When Im sixty-four arr. Baker

Suggested grade

4

McCartney P.

When Im sixty-four arr. Baker

Suggested grade

1

Handel G.

Suite in G minor HWV 432 - mvt 6 Passacaille (Passacaglia)

Suggested grade

6

Handel G.

Suite in G minor HWV 432 - mvt 6 Passacaille (Passacaglia)

Suggested grade

4

Mozart W.

Sonata in A major K 331 - mvt 1 Andante grazioso and Vars. 1–6

Suggested grade

10

Glinka M.

Zhavoronok [The lark] arr. Balakirev

Suggested grade

10

Bach J.S.

Invention No 13 in A minor BWV 784

Suggested grade

6

Bach J.S.

Invention No 13 in A minor BWV 784

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Prelude in Db major Op 28 No 15 (Raindrop)

Suggested grade

5

Chopin F.

Nocturne in E minor Op 72 No 1

Suggested grade

5

Satie E.

Gnossiennes No 6

You need to be a really good sight reader to find this easy. As soon as you're not, it's so difficult to memorize stretches because it is so atonal

6

Debussy C.

Rêverie L 68 in F major

Suggested grade

10

MacDowell E.

To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches Op 51 No 1

Suggested grade

4

Beethoven L.

Sonatina in F minor WoO 47 No 2 – mvt 1 Larghetto maestoso–Allegro assai

Suggested grade

6

Hofmann H.

Nocturne No 3 from Stimmungsbilder Op 88

Suggested grade

5

Chopin F.

Nocturne in C# minor - Lento con gran espressione Op post No 20 B49

Suggested grade

7

Bach J.S.

Little Prelude in D minor BWV 935

Suggested grade

7

Chopin F.

Polonaise in Ab major CT 162

Suggested grade

6

Bach J.S.

Prelude and Fugue No 2 in C minor WTC Book 1 BWV 847

Suggested grade

9

Bach J.S.

Prelude and Fugue No 2 in C minor WTC Book 1 BWV 847

Suggested grade

7

Bach J.S.

Prelude and Fugue No 2 in C minor WTC Book 1 BWV 847

Suggested grade

6

Chopin F.

Waltz in C# minor Op 64 No 2

Suggested grade

9

Rachmaninoff S.

Moment musical in B minor No 3 from Six Moments musicaux Op 16

Suggested grade

6

Bach J.S.

Goldberg Variations in G major BWV 988 - Aria

PS grade revised from 5 to 6 (Nov. '24)

6