Why Clair de Lune Is The ULTIMATE Piano Piece

[@CharlesCornellStudios]

Have you learned how to play Clair de Lune? Or maybe you've been working on it and it's not there yet? Keep working! You WILL absolutely get there. If you want a little help along the way, go here- cornellmusicacademy.com/blackfriday

[@TheOneWhoKnocks70]

Yes, but it only works when I go to sleep

[@sandeegrey5977]

You should look at more classical pieces! I feel like it would be interesting to decipher the harmony, and see how it holds up today.

[@hipposcubes76]

yep i learned it

[@nates2]

I adore this song as it feels like nostalgia and loosing a loved one. This one will always remind me of my cat who passed away, real cry cry material this song.

[@hipposcubes76]

@@nates2 damn im sorry for your loss

[@ladypictureshow66]

Claire de Lune was my grandfather's favorite tune and it was played at my wedding. My mother had recorded a version of her playing it on an 8-track tape back in the '70s for my grandfather for father's day. My mother passed away when I was 15, but I was able to borrow the 8-track tape and digitize my mother's version of the song. So when I walked down the aisle, it was my mother playing Claire de Lune.

[@drbassface]

Beautiful❤️

[@xkcdhatguyfr]

❤

[@mjmajin]

Beautiful ❤️ So sorry she metamorphosed so early

[@johnricharddowling3276]

Lovely story ❤

[@aaronbuster2452]

*grabs Kleenex*

[@ForestFire369]

I feel really personally attacked by the thumbnail, because that's the exact part of the song where I started having a lot of trouble and gave up,

[@Stoneador]

I’m working on the next 2 measures which are way harder because the left hand has to move a lot more, but it’s so satisfying because I really feel like I’m becoming a far better player the more I practice it.

[@vaguebh]

i thought it was really hard initially. with not much prior practice it was first piece i learned. just keep playing.

[@braydenjose4612]

Probably cause you call it a song 😤

[@martineyles]

I find this bit tricky too. The early part rubato and doesn't need to be as fast and fluid, but if you drag in this bit it doesn't sound good.

[@pavlo1]

i used to think that. but after brainwashing myself for literally months I ended up learning it. I still don't know how I did it xd

[@matiashartwig6745]

The first time I successfully got through this song in one take it ended in tears. Clair de Lune is so rich in emotion, which makes me wanna SOB.

[@georgesanchez8051]

Very jealous. Congrats for conquering it!

[@marcusanthonyPOV]

I misread "SOB" as son of a bitch. Still works. lol.

[@pixelator9002]

this is the first piece that made me really feel a lot of emotion behind it

[@BRNRDNCK]

This isn’t a song

[@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12]

It's the first piece I play when trying out a piano🎹🎶

[@athease]

Clair de Lune was one of the first "real" pieces I've played and honestly I completely agree with you! It teaches a pianist so many important and nuanced things within technique which become invaluable in future playing. On top of that, it sounds beautiful. Truely an amazing piece of music

[@charliezard64]

Truly*

[@Enricoooo]

@@charliezard64 you just had to

[@2k10clarky]

Trolly@@charliezard64

[@MonkeyJedi99]

This is one of those pieces which shows that music doesn't need to be hard to be beautiful. And it doesn't have to be hard to be "hard", as in learning the flow, feel, and keyboarding timing/pressures that turn it from an exercise to an emotion.

[@thepocketboy]

Agreed. Feel free to watch (and rip to shreds) my uploaded YT video of my playing of this piece. It's something I could play forever and still not get perfect.

[@stevewill3572]

Imagine creating that song from scratch from your head.

[@MontesMicko]

De Bussy wrote it from his heart

[@gusm1170]

I love how Charles explors all the different corners of music from classical to jazz to your favorite theme songs. It's awesome what you're doing man keep it up.

[@sebastianschweigert7117]

Classical and jazz are two niche genres with a lot of overlap in audience

[@codeblaze3]

“Niche”

[@codeblaze3]

“Niche”

[@codeblaze3]

“Niche”

[@sebastianschweigert7117]

Yeah, like what percent of music sales? Definitely less than 5%. Maybe even less than 1%. Did you miss my point or something? The audience has overlap. They're both "art music"

[@sgjuxta]

What I've always found so fascinating about Clair de Lune is that, depending on the level in which you engage with the piece, it can kinda be as easy or as hard as you want it to be, because most of the difficulty and complexity of the piece is hidden from less skilled players. This means that on the more novice side of playing, it's a famous and beautiful classical piece that you can actually successfully engage with and achieve playing, while still offering near limitless depth of expressive complexity to masters of their craft. It actually kinda blows my mind as to how Debussy managed to do that so well here.

[@therainman7777]

As a beginner I would disagree with the idea that it can be as easy as you want haha.. believe me, there is a lower bound to how easy you can make it to play this piece if you’re not significantly skilled.

[@athaya2992]

@@ncard00 fr its harder to read it than to play it (or my reading skill just sucks) (probably both)

[@lunawenko9324]

This is probably the most beautiful piano piece in my opinion. I have a deep personal connection to it and everytime I hear it somewhere, it alsways makes me sad and melancholic. It's just so beautiful

[@VallaMusic]

"Suite Bergamasque" is one of my most favorite piano works. Love how Debussy just tucked "Clair de Lune" in there. But no way of keeping that musical jewel from outshining everything.

[@Kjt853]

The movement of the Suite that proved my undoing was the “Menuette.” The “Prelude,” “Clair de Lune,” and “Passepied,” which is the one I loved best to play, came to me more easily than I’d feared, but the “Menuette” simply surpassed my abilities.

[@HeroineOfTwilight]

Claire de Lune is THE song to remind me how happy I am to be alive. Like of all the ages of history, I was born in one where I can enjoy this wonderful song. I'm still working on learning it myself.

[@MDisaster]

There isn't a SINGLE time I've heard the beginning of this piece and haven't had chills run up my spine.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

Or the ending... or the several resolutions in the midst of the piece. Yes I agree.

[@ryans6280]

Thanks!

[@FabioGeometryDash]

Underrated

[@chaddington565]

You playing Clair de Lune for us back in 2020 is my favorite thing you've ever made. I go back to it whenever I need to get calm and centered.

[@emilyfogerty6438]

This song is the reason I started learning piano in the first place. It has always been my goal to be good enough to play this specific piece.

[@PloFilms]

Yesss

[@darkwingedninja]

This piece has a special place in my heart because my Grandmother recommended I learn it, it was my first piece I chose to learn, I was JUST at the point of confidence that I was reaching beyond the student music books my teacher was leading me through. I remember struggling with what song to learn as my first chosen piece to learn and when I listened to it for the first time, I almost cried at how beautiful it sounded, I still have it memorized. Now when I play it, I play it to remember my grandmother.

[@meemaurice]

3:18 Wait! Fascinatingly, while you are right, did you know Debussy himself didn't intend the chords to be played perfectly together? He rolled them! In this piece, pretty much all of them. Regardless of the notation. This gives up on the "clarity aspect" you mention, but instead sets a different mood, and that's what he prioritized. We know it simply from... listening to his fantastic playing! There's a 100+ years old recording of his performance of that piece😮 now you know! Edit: The recording has been most probably MISATTRIBUTED to Debussy. I still love it though!

[@belalaloca]

on piano roll right? i think ive heard it and the tempo is surprisingly fast

[@meemaurice]

I believe this was a piano roll indeed! The tempo felt surprisingly natural in his interpretation. Perhaps because he never heard his piece played by an elevator.

[@TheUltimateLegend7]

I actually have found out that that video is a bit of a fraud. There is a comment that claims that the recording is by another pianist, because, while Debussy did record a couple pieces , he didn't record Clair de Lune

[@meemaurice]

@@TheUltimateLegend7 I just did a little research... and indeed it seems like Clair de Lune was never recorded by him. Reliable lists of his piano rolls don't include it. Very sad. Thank you for that comment! I must admit though, I still love the free tempi and expressive rubato... and rolling, of course!

[@TheUltimateLegend7]

@meemaurice I also greatly appreciated the comment that shed light on that video. And, yes, I do quite like that interpretation, but it is unfortunate it is wrongly accredited to Debussy.

[@tinyisnotugly9146]

I really love that although your channel is more focused on jazz, you still target classical pieces which is something I truly love. Thank you so much

[@MikkiPike]

thank you for alligning your hands with the green notes when you did, its less abrasive on my brain than the backwards look when youre facing the camera and showing the notes played beneath. 💖

[@utha2665]

Yes, it used to do my head in too watching a mirror image.

[@spacefire6166]

I've played piano and been self taught for 7 years. I always love watching your videos because I learn something new everytime. I never knew that "flamming" notes, so to speak, could fundamentally change the feeling of a phrase or entire song so much because of the natural undulation of ringing notes. Thank you so much! 🙏

[@Enricoooo]

I remember playing this for the first time, i thought i wasn't ready for such a piece, but then i started playing it and it was easier than it seemed! It really opened the doors for me as a pianist and a musician.

[@pats7427]

For real? That's exactly how I feel right now. I don't think I'm ready for this piece, but all these encouraging videos are coming into my feed. And rn I feel way more confident to try this piece out

[@wojteklipiec5776]

​@@pats7427 it seems harder than it is. I had been thinking same as you before I tried to actually learn it. When I started for the first time I ended up on 1+ minute and coudlnt go further. But 3 weeks ago I sat to that piece again and changed few things about my training and I am already at 2:40 so it is really possible to learn. What you have to focus on while learning this piece is just to pracitice it really slowly and pay attention to how you put your fingers during playing some parts. Try it out it's worth it because playing thay piece gives you so much sattisfaction. Good luck.

[@wojteklipiec5776]

​@@pats7427 after fully learning clair de lune i think imma take a shot at chopin's ballade no. 1 but that piece seems impossible to me. But still imma try it because i love this piece

[@ryans6280]

😂

[@ha_tinkerer1191]

Thank You for finally showing your own playing right side up together with the virtual keyboard. It makes your lesson SO much more effective!

[@verver6]

You’ve been on a roll of amazing videos lately! Getting me heavily into piano and a great source of learning for me

[@HydrogenAlpha]

I loved this from start to finish. I've worked on this piece in the past and got it to some sort of semi-reasonable presentability, but you've made me want to start again and really give it the attention it deserves. Your enthusiasm is very contagious.

[@susskinsgamer]

I'm not a musician, and I'm 61. Clair de Lune still gives me goosebumps.

[@chordsarewhereitsat]

I've been playing piano since I was 5, and I have a degree in Piano Performance, but I've NEVER before heard a good explanation for hitting notes at exactly the same time so they can ring in synchronous waves. Wonderful explanation!

[@Donmeister85]

Omg this is one of my favorites. Chris, I’m so ecstatic to have discovered your channel. You’re a true music geek and I love how enthusiastic you get over chords. I’m learning guitar (bass & lead) and have some basic experience with piano/keyboards from ages ago but I haven’t near approached the level of musical understanding as you and some others here on KZbin but I won’t let that get me down. Still, I’ll express a similar level of excitement over certain parts of songs or when I’m playing something, and I try to express that to my wife and she’s just like… “yeah…?” Lol, truly happy to have discovered your channel. Thank you so much!

[@kellicos]

I learned this in high school, and I felt so “grown up” playing it. Playing this piece is very nostalgic for me even though it’s been many many years since and my piano skills have much decayed lol. Beautiful video.

[@bandnvand]

This was one of my mother's favorite pieces, brings a tear to my eye every time. Means a lot to learn about the mechanics of why we both found it so beautiful, thank you Charles.

[@ashleehughes1194]

I recently discovered your channel. I do not play piano, and yet I watch your videos in absolute fascination. Music is so powerful. The way you explain the complexities of the music, the mechanics of playing it, but most importantly your passion and enthusiasm for it is what keeps bringing me back. I don't have the training, but I find such joy when I react the same way to the music as you do, and then I get to hear the explanation for why I recognized something that you pointed out without the understanding beforehand. Anyway, long winded way of saying I'm enjoying your videos as a fellow music lover. (Especially Jazz!)

[@PHILIPPAHANNAOFFICIAL]

It's solid hooks all the way. There's no other piece I find myself singing front to back. It's like it's serving lyrics without serving lyrics. What a song.

[@robhulson]

I have a good ear for piano, started playing at 3, took lessons from 9-13, and largely stopped playing more challenging pieces. I’m 43 now and this year I took up the challenge of learning Claire de Lune. Among many things I’ve learned from this piece so far, I learned I couldn’t use my existing way of doing arpeggios without learning new fingering and committing it to deep muscle memory. Basically, in order to play this song competently, I’ve had to appreciate that there are better fingering positions than I had been using, and the most difficult thing has been forcing myself to learn the easy way to play it. It sounds counterintuitive, but when I humbled myself to accept different fingering than I naturally wanted to do, this song got a lot easier.

[@johnowen2880]

Debussy is all about color. My introduction to Debussy as a young piano student was “Reverie” which is also an “easy” piece note-wise, but complex in getting the voicing, melody and finger sustain just right (don’t let the pedal make it mushy!). Debussy is probably my favorite composer, so thanks for doing this video.

[@degangemimi2215]

Love how excited you become with the beauty

[@richardrejmer8721]

Thanks for this explanation. Clair de Lune brings me to (happy) tears every time I have listened to it for my entire (73 year) life!

[@jerberus5563]

As I am a church pianist of 20 years, have a like and a slightly-elevated KZbin algorithm with my blessing, good sir.

[@Max-jf5vu]

'Accessible' is the right word! If you've studied the piano seriously for quite a while it takes less time to learn than other pieces but still has a lot of depth to it if you want to really play it convincingly (which I'm still working on!). Love this piece, one of my favourites.

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

First time i heard it was the ending of Rain on PS3. I cried dude. You don't cry from video games dudebro. I was weeping😭

[@rosebrunais1314]

I love your enthusiasm! You really make the music come alive, thank you!

[@ZuronVanSurus]

This is my all time favorite piano piece and one of the main reasons I even started to play the piano. Thx for covering that amazing piece of music Charles!

[@cooldebt]

This is what all piano students need! What a brilliant way to explain the mechanics of sounding good. So many classical pieces for Charles to explain and enthuse us with - the possibilities are endless!

[@afeathereddinosaur]

Clair de Lune is a beautiful piece not only because it is not complex and hard to play but also because it IS complex in the feelings it evokes. I am sure that if a baby were to listen to this piece, they wouldn't understand it beyond it being a beautiful piece simply because the song brings up something that can only be felt by living life a bit. Melody which could of course begin a beautiful discussion on how life - in its more than immense complexity - shows simplicity. How some straightforward conclusions can be drawn from the most complex events and vice-versa... But that's beyond the point. Its a great piece.

[@necrogon22]

Clair de lune has the most beautiful first 2 measures of any piece. fight me

[@Kontrabass66]

This here is about music. Go to Top Rank Boxing for fighting.. But I am really impressed you know every tune!! You must be very old

[@markfowlermusic]

The parts with 5 and 4 in left hand are the trickiest to get right, the double notes I mean.

[@northernguy8860]

With it's odd time signature, this piece is so emotionally expressive. There's additional freedom to alter the pace and volume to add even more expression. My wife can be moved to tears when I play this, though I only learned the first half of it.

[@Bowzer2025]

This is my favorite piece of all time. I played it for my piano recital in my freshmen year of high school, and afterward, my friend’s grandma came up to me and said that it made her cry, because it was her grandmother’s favorite song. From that point on, I never stopped practicing it.

[@thunderbladestorm]

For me - the ultimate Clair de Lune was played by Khatia Buniatishvili on her Motherland album, the tempo, the clarity, the soul - eeverything about those five and a half minutes is just utter perfection.

[@1977vision]

I read your comment and then searched her name. Wow! Thank you so much for making me aware, it was sublime.

[@elizabethhill4037]

I’m in total agreement. She is an amazing pianist. So much depth and feeling in her playing. She is mesmerising. I place her up there with Argerich, Pires, and Marc-Andre Hamelin.

[@arthurpeterson5273]

Tempo? No, it is tempos, plural! Her tempos are all over the place, hardly the andante Debussy directs, but rather sometimes speeding up to allegro and more often slowing down almost to the point of stopping. And indeed, as she approaches the end of the piece, she does come perilously close to completely stopping. Such exaggerated tempos wildly distorted the shape of the music and led me to re-listen to Van Cliburn's superb recording, a performance in which his flexibility of tempo and use of rubato are kept within the bounds of a grand and unfailingly coherent overall shaping of the music.

[@Ben_B_Artist]

currently learning this gem, or trying to! One of the difficult factors for me is working through the frissons I get from the way the notes interact. It's just too damn beautiful!

[@javixo1997]

I really recommend the Lang Lang’s version of this piece (the one where he’s on a boat). It’s my favorite version, his dynamics are insane and the slow flexible tempo he chose is perfect.

[@relishgargler]

Thanks for breaking this one down. It’s long been one of my favorites. I stopped playing piano about 30 years ago and I’m starting to pick it up again. This is one of the first songs I got the sheet music to since regaining my interest. Sitting back down to it recently made me realize how much I’ve lost in ability to read music, but conversely how much more I can play by intuition now than before. Seeing you break down all the difficult to read bits into “it’s just this chord” really helped.

[@eddiekeane3670]

Last year I learnt this song to play at my grandma's funeral and for me I was quite scared picking it up as it seemed quite complex and I'd never played it before, but I realised fairly early on that learning the notes was relatively straight forward which allowed me time to go into the complexities of voicing. This piece will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@thatweirdodaniel]

clair de lune is one of my all time favorite classical pieces. every time i hear it i get swept away with feelings of sadness and melancholy and i get teary-eyed. such a beautiful composition

[@raulterra_pianista]

I studied Jeux d'eau few years ago, and it's very hard. But all the complexity of the piece has an amazing musical result, because the way Ravel construct the arpeggios make the music sound a lot with water. It's an amazing piece, love Gaspard de la Nuit too.

[@JohnTheodoreMusic]

Just started learning it a few months ago! I don't have time to practice nearly as much as I'd like...so this is going to be a multi-year piece for me to get down, but loved seeing your breakdown of the sections.

[@maryvallas772]

I don't play the piano, and I wouldn't even attempt to learn this, but I can tell you that this magical song is my absolute go-to when I really need to find tranquility. To me, it is perfect. ❤

[@DoctoreE644]

Although I couldn't play a lick, I remember my mother playing this hauntingly beatiful piece, over and over again when I was a young boy, now 75 years ago. It still gives me goosebumps. Thank you for your.explanation of the simplistic but incredible complexity of this classic piano piece. My mother was a classically trained opera singer and an accomplished pianist. Sadly, I don't have any of her music. She was quite talented.

[@EL_Newman]

I love Clare de Lune, unfortunately i’ve mostly forgotten how to play it. You’re right, there are many nuances that is difficult to pick up on, and it’s these nuances that if played correctly, make the piece incredibly beautiful. When i listen to the recording i made, it just doesn’t compare to a pro’s sound. Like Charles said there’s another level to it, just playing the notes isn’t enough.

[@n-9249]

Aspiring to teach myself this piece to teach a talented student who wants to play this. Thank you !

[@zah_old_acc]

I think you should try and make videos about classical pieces more often! I would definetly watch haha, cause in that era obviously alot of stuff was different from modern, so i find it just so interesting.

[@plebcrabslayer]

2:49 The d-flat and b-flat are tied. I don't say this to nitpick, but to add to your comment about the piece's complexity despite its apparent simplicity. When you have less to work with, it's that much more of a challenge-and duty?-to focus on, and execute, what you want to express (which you mention at 9:31). Great video as always!

[@mcbill7352]

I listen to A LOT of classical, and this is still the most beautiful pieces of all time in my opinion

[@TheirIAre]

Yesss❤

[@jarodvmusic]

Glad to see you reviewing this, it seems to be a shared feeling to never get enough of this piece.

[@fork9432]

I love Clair de Lune. It's my favorite piece

[@bayleev7494]

a note on 8:31: i'd probably characterise the chord as a Bbmi7(b5)/Fb, simply because it fits better in terms of what the harmony is actually doing. if you look at the progression with that chord in mind, it looks basically like I - vi - ii - V - I, a much more recognisable progression. we also understand the alteration of the vi chord as "destabilising" the progression, making the relative minor feel like a less safe place than it otherwise would.

[@immuneboostministry7489]

The most beautiful song ever ❤

[@NemesisDestiny]

This song always makes me tear up. It's been with me since early childhood, and I've always been drawn to its serene beauty.

[@peralax1466]

Hi Charles I HIGHLY recommend you watch and analyze platina jazz they are a band that makes jazz and big band covers of anime music and they are GREAT and I think it could be interesting for you to analyze how they changed and covered things you already listened to and to some things you haven't

[@peralax1466]

In case you do decide to look into this i recommend you try listening to their galaxy express cover, their sailor moon cover and their evangelion cover for starters but all of their stuff is great

[@cooldebt]

The Consouls also have some brilliant anime and vgm covers, especially the tunes they completely up-end. Their Radio #29 was so good.

[@MagnusAnand]

Man, I just love your passion

[@torgenxblazterzoid]

You are a gem, Charles. As far as the twentieth century goes, impressionism was probably*the* most important movement within 'classical' music because it opened doors through which other composers and styles could step through. I love Sibelius, Vaughan-Williams, Bartok, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Shostakovich, Delius and many others but Debussy definitely is way up there. When I was a much younger man I went through several years of depression and panic attacks. I would play 'A l'apres midi d'un Faune' every night and be swept away, not to spectate on another world but to become an actual part of it. Over a period of time it played its part in my regaining some degree of control over my overactive and overwhelmed mind.

[@Yupppi]

This is one of my favourite classical piano pieces and I don't play piano or listen much to classical. It just has that really smooth calming effect. It's like water flowing.

[@jonathan130]

You should create a video about Chopin, a key figure in piano history, who greatly influenced Debussy as well.

[@jonathan130]

I'd recommend featuring some of these exquisite pieces: Op. 10, No. 3 (Tristesse) - Chopin regarded it as having his finest melody. Ballade No. 1 or 4 - among his most intricate compositions, arguably some of the best for piano. Prelude in E minor delivers a a simple melody but decorated with a very clever and unique harmony. Prelude in F sharp minor. Mazurka in A minor. Prelude in B minor has a jazzy vibe with its complex melody and bouncy feel. Scherzo no 2. Nocturne in c minor. Wrong note etude. Finally, Nocturne in E-flat major stands out as Chopin's most renowned work.

[@rossbooth4635]

Nocturne in C Sharp Minor blows my mind. Definitely my favorite piano piece.

[@BleaK1211]

I really like the middle section of Funeral March.

[@sarachristman16]

I returned to piano early this year after decades away (I’m 67). I ended up with a repetitive injury from muscle strain because I set my sights too high (Chopin and Rachmaninov), and had so much fun I over-practiced. This would be a good piece to restart with. I’ve retrieved it from my sheet music stash. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@origineo]

Clair de Lune and Arabesque No. 1 are Debussy's best pieces IMO. Thanks again for getting deeper into this masterpiece, Charles.

[@tonymoore78]

If there is such a thing as a perfect song, a perfect piece of music, it’s Clair de Lune. It evokes so many emotions at once and can “mean” so many different things to different listeners without a single word sung.

[@TheirIAre]

❤❤❤

[@shaynelewis1587]

When I first heard this piece in its entirety in a concert (because movies and tv shows always take snippets of it, but not the whole thing. I’ve “known” of it but not the full thing) in college when I was studying music (saxophone performance and music education) I was the guy trying to pretend that I wasn’t crying. Might quite possibly be my favorite piece of all time and it’s not really even close. The emotion that this piece elicits is absolutely astounding. Every chord, every note… just beautiful. Thank you for sharing this, makes me feel like I can maybe buy a keyboard and learn how to play it someday!

[@jessica.L.edwards]

This is my favorite classical piece of all time. I know that it isn’t one of the favorite or most difficult, impressive,or ostentatious, but it hits my soul in a way in which no other piece has ever managed. I love it so much!

[@jermdude7544]

this kinda emphasizes how music isnt just about which notes are being played, but how they are being played

[@JoinNowandStartPl]

I really just play piano as a hobby, and I've never taken any lessons. Sometimes it can be difficult to pick things like this up, because I never get any feedback. I loved the detail you went over this piece in, it's like having the teacher I don't have. The passion you talk with when playing is inspiring as well, I hope to be as good as you are one day.

[@Yakushii]

I love how every pianist playing the intro to Clair de Lune has to do the "smell your own fart" face. You know, when the fart is your own, so you just want to rate it. (0:42)

[@ljjjordan1175]

This was the first proper piece I learnt in years. Looking back now, i probably learnt it too early, but it opened my love to classical piano and music in general, so overall, I love this

[@andrewkorbel9883]

When I was in college I knew a guy who was a bit of a comedian mostly, but he could silence a rowdy frat house by playing 2 pieces: Claire de lune and the 1st mvt of Moonlight sonata. They may have been the only piano he could play, but he could silence the room.

[@itznoxy7193]

Honestly one of the most perfect pieces ever written

[@colemartin7641]

Petition for Charles to take a look at casiopea

[@Haizou]

This was one of the piano pieces that got me into piano, it’s so beautiful

[@athos401]

It's funny that the two most well-known piano pieces of all time are both named Moonlight

[@dwoo153]

i just learn piano for one month, and this piece is the motive that i learn piano, i heard this piece 20 years ago in a movie, it's so beautiful, it's different from any piece i've heard before, and until now, clair de lune is still the most beautiful and possible piece for every piano learners.

[@osubass]

As a music major that hated having to learn to play piano, I absolutely loved this piece. I marched in Drum and Bugle Corps (Phantom Regiment) and we played a version of this that made me love it even more. Really appreciated this break down. Well done!

[@GTS-Olivier]

That was a great watch. Thank you for sharing!

[@abillionjivebars9888]

If you learn jeux d'eau we'd love to see a video on it

[@rile7648]

4:07 this bit about the fluctuations and how you need to play the chord all at once so all the notes fluctuate together was new to me and makes lots of sense. Never thought about that thanks

[@havenpriest]

Ah yes. My sleeper agent activation song.

[@onelittleatlas5645]

Amazing video Charles. I can feel your love and passion for this piece. I'm an amateur self taught on the piano and decided to learn the piece. I recently lost my Mother and decided to learn it for her. Every time I play it I'll remember her and she'll be with me. I look forward to learning. I've finally got myself a weighted midi piano to get better at playing.

[@Big_Funi_Official]

I came here for de BUSSY

[@frédéricchopinFan.9479]

de BUSSY

[@martialwhite6831]

always finish on the BACH

[@AlexxAcosta33]

I like the excitement he uses while explaining this beautiful piece

[@zackisdeath3629]

We love Debussy.

[@jayneubauer3401]

I have pretended to play piano for a number of years now, being self-taught. I am classically trained on several other instruments, but always wanted to learn piano. The closest I came to "formal training" was buying Hanon and Bach 2 Part Inventions. I still work with Hanon, and have muddled my way through probably half of the Inventions. What I really appreciate most about your style of "instruction" is how you break things down, and your joy and enthusiasm in what you do. This one of a few "bucket list" pieces I would love to learn.

[@gentiangunbardhi6177]

hurts me a bit that he just ignores holding the half notes written in the right hand in the two bars of the thumbnail🥲

[@MrPeacenotwar09]

I remember your rendition of this piece uploaded in the midst of COVID lockdowns. It gave me a bit of peace despite seeing lots of sadness around.

[@jamesmonroe8023]

I disagree. I think La Campanella by Liszt would be a great first piece to learn more nuanced techniques.

[@DarkeyOfficial]

Bruh nah 💀

[@Draconis8888]

Thank you for explaining that! I've loved Clair de Lune for years. One day I'd love to tackle learning this.