(2/4) Debussy 'Clair 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.
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Part 1 Background history, musical examples for those discovering Debussy's music'
• (1/4) Debussy 'Clair d...
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.
• (2/4) Debussy 'Clair d...
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. • (3/4) Debussy 'Clair d...
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. • (4/4) Debussy 'Clair d...
Full performance of Clair de Lune in overhead keyboard view: • Debussy 'Clair de Lune...
The links mentioned in the video are as follows:
Purchase link for Debussy Album: www.amazon.com/...
Free public domain PDF of Debussy's Music at imslp.org
"Suite Bergamasque" - including Clair de Lune:
imslp.org/wiki/...
"Reverie"
imslp.org/wiki/...
"Children's Corner"
imslp.org/wiki/...
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Harmonic piano pedal - English Language
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Harmonic piano pedal - French language:
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[@PhilipChristian]

the amount of effort and detail going into these videos is simply astonishing.

[@RratsArtStudio]

Glad you addressed the playing of 3rds evenly. I was noticing that problem I was having in a piece I'm currently learning. Thank you Paul for offering your educational videos.

[@heruilin]

This piece is not only incredibly beautiful but just the right level of difficulty to keep me challenged for a long time. This is especially true with respect to the issues addressed in this lesson as it brings me to a new level of awareness of its musicality.

[@Deejaay83urj38]

This quiet and unassuming man is the most beautiful pianist. I always go to him to hear Clair de Lune. His videos are incredible. A thorough, diligent and no-nonsense natural teacher. No wasted words

[@premierepasta1562]

Honestly what did I ever do to recieve this advice. This absolutely helped my playing. Thanks.

[@thomaspick4123]

What a wonderful teacher. He really knows about the subtle nuisances and can describe and demonstrate them. Fantastic. I love his metronome work also. The pedal work. A masterful teacher. Thank you!

[@jbrowsingj]

This is a great service for anybody who enjoys music! Thank you very much!

[@contageousfobber]

just the amount of detail i was looking for. thank you for providing enough detail to help both the beginner as well as the advanced. i'll definitely be using these videos for future pieces! realize it takes so much more to learn a piece now. almost like having a teacher! great for self teachers!

[@richardknisely9815]

Unfortunately Mr. Barton seems ignorant of the fact that, when specifically applied to piano music, "con sordini" indicates the use of the soft pedal to "mute" the sound. NOT a prohibition on use of the damper pedal.

[@984francis]

My teacher taught me to count one tri plet, one tri plet, then duple, duple for the 2 in 3. It works beautifully.

[@joeythehat9]

That works until you get into the dotted eighth notes. This helped me tremendously: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp2tZnWejbiVobc

[@beatsplat]

Best tutorial ever

[@HomayunM]

This was great explanation. And what a timing to see this clip on youtube since i am learning the piece now. Perfect. Thanks very much

[@elijahmarin6610]

I love how much effort is going into these videos, please don’t stop, thank you so much

[@kianagoudarzi1619]

your amazing video helped alot for my techniques thanks very much

[@Andrewlevins]

Superb tutorial!

[@yuriwadahi]

I thinki i'm not too late to learn this... You've done a very good job, professor! Thank you so much. I have passed through some problems with music, 'cause i think i'm no quite a good musician due to mental problems i guess, but with your tutorials i'll be able to learn a lot more.

[@MoniqueChiron]

Indeed very interesting Paul. Thank you. I upload also for to listen to this course quietly at home !!

[@bernash9131]

I felt an arrow through the heart when he said "people who learn from copy hand videos"

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Any way to get there . .

[@CamilaSaurus]

I’m that person too

[@MarziaGaggioliOfficial]

Very interessing lesson dear Paul

[@kabelux]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing, thanks for teaching us!

[@archibald-yc5le]

In Russian music class we call black-and-white keys pushed slightly apart “croaking", this is a deadly sin for a pianist:) Before Debussy I never thought that p, pp, ppp could be that difficult

[@arransly4134]

Great videos. Super interesting and helpful. Thank you!

[@Voodoochill]

Very nice touch with the balloons!

[@pham155]

Thank you for the instruction! It helps me so much with my playing!!!

[@gandulfo77]

Great tutorial! Thank you very much for all your explanations.

[@ninthpool37]

Oh wow thank you so much, Paul! This really helps a lot. And thanks for the creativity! Love ya!

[@lameitout]

I wished I had seen this many years ago. Thank you Sir.

[@francescoalbergo222]

These videos are helping me a lot to learn Claire de Lune

[@asgard100a]

thanks and thanks and a thousand of thanks, im a autodidact for now, and whitout you i cant try these, thanks

[@KyoSkyz]

This is gold !!! I love your videos so much !!!

[@z5ajdt]

For those of you interested on playing this piece, it's not only the technique but also mental concentration.

[@piano1237]

YOU the BEST Paul! Now is real Classical Music Professional Instructor i know my life.. Thank you from the Pacific Islanders!! Mahalo

[@AbnormaalTsi]

Thank you paul, ive been able to learn the piece and i also recorded it on my channel! Thank you ever so much :)

[@Everio620User]

thanks for tutorial-just realised i haven't been playing fast section fast enough

[@georgex4935]

what's with the four pedals?

[@JonatasMonte]

Now I want to buy a piano, amazing video.

[@svvvvaaa]

just love the song and practiced the intro so i could loop it for hours.. i am not a pianist, but came here for the history

[@danielsantiago7188]

Excelent video, thank you! Greetings from Mexico

[@jonhahn6678]

Thank you SO much for this video.

[@stolenname94]

Subbed. Very informative learned alot while making a cup of tea and watching this between practice.

[@PianoSam95]

You're awesome for doing these; thanks so much! :D

[@KegPatcha]

Happy Debussy birthday!

[@itpiano]

thank you

[@nilsplaysstuff4269]

I'm trying to learn this on my upright piano. The lack of a sustenuto pedal is giving me a hard time. It all sounds very blurry :(.

[@darkcnotion]

Just what i was looking for

[@tetyanachorna8139]

❤️thanks

[@berklee24365678]

Thank you so much. Love you so much.

[@PianoMan10]

Explain why harmonic thirds are always called "double thirds", but no one calls a string of perfect 5ths "double 5ths".

[@bellamedusa564]

pianissimo balloons! love the video, thank you so much

[@eligibbons2155]

Why does your piano have four pedals????

[@spannerdono]

Why this piano have four pedals? Soft, Sosteunto, Sustain and??

[@emilyhartman8255]

I need your hand skills! Damn they hardly move

[@katemahoney4526]

The fact that this is all free 🙏🙏

[@dallinfullmer3073]

Hey I have that book :)

[@PedroCGPU7]

Paul, "con sordina" doesn't mean to use the sordina pedal, which is the una corda pedal?

[@XkannsenX]

"con sordina" : just use the left pedal.

[@carlhiggs2608]

That's how I've always interpreted it too. Con sordina/sordini in string and wind playing means 'with mute/mutes', so in pianistic terms I'd say use the una corda or 'soft' pedal alongside the sustaining pedal, to both mute the sound but still add ambient harmonics.

[@hannadolhykh6789]

the part on 12:55, where is it from? Chopin?

[@yalsem]

Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# Minor

[@vegetator]

7:45

[@richardknisely9815]

Anyone with a complete understanding of piano music knows that "con sordina" (specifically applied to the piano) is frequently used, as it obviously is here, to mean "with the (so called) soft, or left pedal, as it clearly is intended to mean here by Debussy. Nothing to do with not using the sustaining pedal which is ridiculous in this piece.

[@christopherlewis9714]

Exactly, thank you.

[@carlosurbanejasilva1881]

Exactly. It seems incredible to me that he should make that very basic mistake. It doesn't make any sense that Debussy would have wanted that begining without pedal.

[@mortenrobinson]

8:50 we could also not count at all and just feel.

[@muffinrl]

Demonwhisper You’ll never get those duplets reliably, better to count while learning and take liberties when you fully understand the rhythm.

[@thomaspick4123]

MrMuffinCake I’ll do my best. The reading of time is difficult for me. But, especially in this piece, the timing makes the song so dramatic.

[@mortenrobinson]

@@thomaspick4123 "But, especially in this piece, the timing makes the song so dramatic." Not if you're sitting there counting while playing it. Then you'll be playing it like a robot. The timing and the dynamics is the creative control that you retain over the composition as the performer, and that's where you can really make it shine. Classical music shouldn't be counted, it's not like dance music with a tight 4-4 drumloop, it should be felt and expressed. Counting is just not useful at all, your mind will be focusing on counting which will leave you with much less headspace for actually working all of this into your muscle memory and get it to be a fluent motion. Just learn the notes and feel and control the time rather than let yourself be tyrannised by the time signature, a metronome or a patronising piano teacher stomping his foot to the beat.

[@vegetator]

8:58