Learning Claire de Lune in one year

[faa2010]

I need to learn the Claire the Lune in one year.  Right now, I only have the first two pages (not in memory, but I am getting the right rythym: 9/8).

Can you give me some tips in order to finish it in one year?

[jayeckz]

I think 5 minutes a day should be sufficient if you want to learn to play it in a year.

That'll be about 30 hours in a year total for the piece.

[birba]

Why don't you start a "project"?  That seems to be the thing, now.  It really does spur you on.

[faa2010]

Thanks for the suggestion.

[jayeckz]

Way to make me feel bad; my response was not serious.  I just wanted you to know that ultimately, you will have to sit down and put time into the piece.

Here are some serious suggestions:
Pay strict attention to the rhythm and listen to yourself.  After practicing a section/piece, I like to record myself playing the section both slowly and quickly.  Sometimes I sound great, most of the time I'll find I've overlooked something.

Practice slowly, but practice with the performance tempo in mind.

Work out fingerings before you start practicing.

Practice the Db major scale with proper fingerings.  Start practicing the Db scale on different keys.  For example, start on Eb, F, etc.  Make sure you keep the proper fingerings.

Divide up the piece into sections to learn and set reasonable goals (like learn this section in a week).

There are 100s of other tips; just search the forums.  Good luck.

[chadbrochill17]

Totally doable. That is of course if you only mean memorizing the notes. I've only been playing for about 8 months or so and memorizing the notes took only 3 for me. So that's without any help at all.
However, my phrasing is crap and I do not see my performance of it being anything special for a while. Especially as popular as the piece is.