Something in between method book and repertoire?

[Bob]

Or just more difficult method books?

I've wondered about this now and then.

Basically, you go from a method book to repertoire.  But is there something inbetween?  Like a more difficult 'method book' or maybe it's just simple collections of pieces?  Maybe that's it.

Or is there such a thing as an 'advanced' method book?  More like... intermediate pieces with some explanation.  That's sounding a lot like a standard lesson though.

[reppep]

The many books/sheets by the pedagogical composers -- Martha Mier, Robert Vandall, Carolyn Johnson, oh can't remember all the names.  Different levels available.  Good for students like mine who don't like intermediate level classical.  Want to go from method to Rach 3 

[syncope]

What I give my students as soon as they are intermediate is give them a repertoire piece next to each a piece from the method (with the same kind of subject, likestaccato or triplets). There are a lot of easy repertoire pieces, "children albums", for example by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Bartok, Prokofiev, Khatchatourian, easy Haydn, Beethoven, Bach, etc etc etc!

Or if you're already done with the last book of your method books then you can only play from these albums.

Then if you still want some structure, you can play from Burgmuller etude album, or Lemoine, Duvernoy - each etude has something specific to teach you. These etudes are practically all of them really fun and/or pretty. They also come in many difficulty levels (making progression while going through the books).

hope this helps!