I don't have time to fully critique the entire video but for example bar 15 your pedalling suggestion is unusual since it would cut off the long dotted minums at the start where they should sustain throughout.
Hello antune,I am sure your tutorials are useful for people but I think it would be appreciated around here if you'd participate in some discussions and helped people in the forum out. Right now it feels a bit like you are only here to advertise your videos.
My personal opinion: the videos are an extremely well done tutorial provided by a concert pianist/teacher. I do not consider them to be spam that is just looking for a YouTube hit.
That's fair. My intention was not to scare you off, antune, but simply to request that you participate a bit in the forum as well. We unfortunately get some spam around here where people only come to pull eyes to their business and not to contribute to the forum. Sorry if I sounded confrontational about it.
Actually I explained it in the video; the bass notes are dotted half notes, containing six eighth notes. In my opinion, the bass must disappear (with a half-pedal) in the last beat of the 15th bar. I am aware it is very often played by holding the bass sustained throughout, but this is not what I understand from the scores. Just an opinion.
You suggested the pedal comes up after the tied quaver however that really does not pay respect to the value of the dotted minum and cuts right down. Debussy could have written a shortened bass note if he wanted to so I am not really sure why you would be encouraged to cut off shorter unless it is your interpretation being applied. To my ears it would be the same unusual sound as if you made the Chopin op 10 no 1 long bell like LH bass notes shorter (ok I am being melodramatic but that long drawing bass is an important feature and if a composer write it in I feel I need to respect what they are on about).
Yeah I was being melodramatic but the theme of a long bass note drawing through is what I was getting at, something which we come across not too infrequently. Yes the time signature is 9/8 but even then you release the pedal after 3 quaver beats which is obviously shorter than the dotted minum (6 quavers). If Debussy really wanted you to cut it off he would have put a rest, he also neglects any rest for the low bass note so even though there is no tied dotted crotchet there is also no rest which presses for an interpretation of length. Interpretation is fine, I feel over the internet though where you are hitting a larger audience you might want to teach in a manner which leaves room for interpretation, but if you want to include it as a teaching point I guess thats fine!
Very useful tutorial for a beautiful piece. Thanks.
Actually, my only criticism is the wobbly camera. I know it's from a first person point of view, but that's going to make some people nauseous.
Topic: [Video] Debussy - Clair de Lune | In-depth tutorial 