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Topic: Claire De Lune Video Debussy  (Read 1491 times)

Offline dmp14011

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Claire De Lune Video Debussy
on: April 06, 2012, 01:16:13 PM

A slightly better emotional performance. What do you think?

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Re: Claire De Lune Video Debussy
Reply #1 on: April 06, 2012, 02:12:18 PM
I am also learning the Claire de Lune, only that my goal right now is learn the first two pages.

Maybe I don't have the right to give you an opinion right now, but the first part has good timimng, it has a good feeling and rythym as well as your arpeggios are good.  However, I felt some notes were missing as well as some little mistakes were there.

What tempo did you use?

How long are your hands?

Did you do some warming exercises before playing?, if so, then which ones were?

Keep practicing, so in the future I'll look for your advice.

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Re: Claire De Lune Video Debussy
Reply #2 on: April 06, 2012, 06:42:31 PM
You certainly have principally a good musical feeling, but you are not used to work and practice in depth and in detail. You seem to think that sight reading and cheating is enough. But it isn't.

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Re: Claire De Lune Video Debussy
Reply #3 on: April 07, 2012, 06:54:26 PM

However, I felt some notes were missing as well as some little mistakes were there.

What tempo did you use?

How long are your hands?

Did you do some warming exercises before playing?, if so, then which ones were?


There are plenty of mistakes. I figured if I could portay a good emotion that would do. Tempo - Allegretto ish. My hands are moderate to long. No warm up exercises, I had played a few pieces prior.

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Re: Claire De Lune Video Debussy
Reply #4 on: April 07, 2012, 06:56:12 PM
You certainly have principally a good musical feeling, but you are not used to work and practice in depth and in detail. You seem to think that sight reading and cheating is enough. But it isn't.

Do you mean that I lack good pedalling, articulation and dynamics - that kind of thing? What do you mean by cheating?

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Re: Claire De Lune Video Debussy
Reply #5 on: April 07, 2012, 09:21:30 PM
At the beginning and throughout the first part: be sure that you are playing the thirds together. Almost every third in the right hand is falling apart, and the chords too.

The reading errors start at 0:56. Well, perhaps the first one is just a slip, but there are many more, and they get worse throughout the performance. 1:24 through 1:50 is completely filled with reading errors. And everything past 2:20 is just plain deciphering.
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