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Topic: Am going to begin Clair de Lune, any suggestions (self taught, 1 year) (Read 2545 times)

choppychopin

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Am going to begin Clair de Lune, any suggestions (self taught, 1 year)

on: June 26, 2020, 08:26:48 AM

Would really appreciate some tips or suggestions from people who are familiar with the piece, not really sure what im getting into.

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dogperson

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Re: Am going to begin Clair de Lune, any suggestions (self taught, 1 year)

Reply #1 on: June 26, 2020, 08:51:30 AM

You have not listed what else you play But generally I can say that if he’s only played one year you were not ready to play clair de lune. And yes, I play it. There is really no way to walk you through how to play it in just a post on the Internet

If you insist, start with good tutorials:

https://livingpianos.com/how-to-approach-debuseys-clair-de-lune/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UggfzEjmn-4

https://joshwrightpiano.teachable.com/p/-clair-de-lune

There are 4 by Paul Barton;
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0aNitKx8k&t=604s

Hugh Song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M2SvmgWtQzU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRmDZzLV-g
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bQYM3vQrv9k
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Clja8aLn-Zk