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Topic: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner  (Read 6040 times)

Offline pier25

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recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
on: October 30, 2010, 04:35:31 PM
Hi

I played the piano for over a year but dropped it for almost 2 years... now I'm starting again and I'd like to try a piece of Debussy.

¿Is there any recommended piece for beginners? I really don't want to become frustrated again choosing too difficult pieces.

TIA

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Re: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
Reply #1 on: October 30, 2010, 05:24:26 PM
How about "The little nigar"?

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Re: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
Reply #2 on: October 30, 2010, 07:30:47 PM
Let's leave it at "Le petit nègre"!  And that's the perfect piece for a beginner.

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Re: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
Reply #3 on: October 31, 2010, 07:22:09 AM
Let's leave it at "Le petit nègre"!  And that's the perfect piece for a beginner.

Hehe :) So that was the title... I couldn't remember what it was :) Thanks, birba :)

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Re: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
Reply #4 on: October 31, 2010, 07:56:09 AM
You mean this piece?





You think is a piece for a beginner??

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Re: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
Reply #5 on: October 31, 2010, 10:12:38 AM
I don't think Debussy wrote much, if any, music for beginners.  But I think that one of his "easiest" pieces is La fille aux cheveux du lin.  https://www.pianostreet.com/piano_sheet_music/Debussy-309/Prelude-La-fille-aux-cheveux.html

It's quite pretty--you've probably heard it before.

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Re: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
Reply #6 on: October 31, 2010, 11:26:34 AM
You mean this piece?





You think is a piece for a beginner??
Any piece played at twice the speed indicated is going to be difficult.  It's a cakewalk, not a boogie-woogie.  ;D

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Re: recommend a debussy piece for a beginner
Reply #7 on: October 31, 2010, 11:40:47 AM
From the children's corner, there' Jimbo's lullaby and the little shepard.  It's true, there isn't much for a real beginner.  But then again, there are beginners, and there are BEGINNERS.
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