Debussy “Clare de Lune”: History & Tutorial

This is a 60 min. overall piano tutorial on Debussy's 'Clair de Lune' divided in 4 parts, in separate videos.

Part 1

Background history, musical examples for those discovering Debussy’s music'

Part 2

Intermediary level piano tutorial based around Clair de Lune which aims to answer viewer’s questions about general piano technique in relation to this piece.

Part 3

A “copy-hands” tutorial for those needing fingering suggestions and/or those that don’t read music. In this video I play the slow outer sections which, joined together, can make a piece on their own.

Part 4

A “copy-hands” tutorial for those needing fingering suggestions and for those that don’t read music. In this video I play the faster middle section.

Full performance of Clair de Lune in overhead keyboard view:

The links mentioned in the video are as follows:

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