ClairE de Lune ... Don't know why I wrote the title wrong :P Whatever - it was a tough challenge, didn't expect it to be that hard :P Have you ever played this piece? Tell me in the comments!
Clair de Lune is an example of “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. In this case, don’t judge a piece without looking and analyzing the music sheet first.
Sometimes I’m amazed at how many really famous pieces she’s never played before. It’s great of course because now we have this video but still...surprising at least.
I’m surprised she hasn’t played Clair de lune even though she’s a classical pianist haha. Anyway she’s a great pianist and of amazing skill! Keep it up Annique
I think that she's not learning it for the first time,but is just practing it after a long time,or just for her it's a normal practice session,because it's impossibilità she has never played it hahaha
Honestly kinda love that the alarm startles her, because it shows how into the music she gets, forgets about the world, then the alarm brings her back to reality
I've definitely spent several days with this piece. I appreciate seeing someone fairly accomplished make many of the same inevitable flubs with fingering (admittedly, she gave herself very little time) but it reminds me that regardless of how accomplished you are, we need to go through the same learning curve. Some of us walk it faster than others, but we all must walk it. Debussy's music has tremendous room for finesse and expression, so can continually teach us the more we work with it. Thank you for an amazing video!
It is so heart warming to see such a beautifully talented young artist striving for the best. I am 78 and just starting to learn what I always wanted to learn, Claire de Lune. Better late than never. Thank you Annique, you inspire me.
The problem is you're counting in German. You need to count Debussy in French..... J/K, this is delightful. I've been plunking at this all my life, you've inspired me to maybe work on it a bit more.
Aaah, fangirling! Debussy is my favorite and it’s always nice to hear musicians play his pieces. So it’s even more exciting for me to see you pick this for this challenge. I really love hearing you play. Love this series of yours and def one of my fave classical pianists! ✨
I got a little advice from my music teacher when started to study this musical work. He said count 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 each measure. It helped me a lot with my study. Like to share it with you guys :)
I was taught to count triplets or compound time as 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a, etc. (i.e. one and ah two and ah three and ah). And semiquavers/sixteenths as 1 e + a 2 e + a (one ee and ah two ee and ah...) etc. I thought everyone did that, but maybe it's just a percussionist thing.
My point was that a piece in 9/8 does not have nine beats in a bar, it has three - it's compound triple time. So you should count 1 x y 2 x y 3 x y, where x and y are some subdivision syllables - and I presume these will vary by region or teacher.
The exactly counting is 1 2 3 in dotted quater note that’s its. you must to feel each dotted quater note. The firts one must be feel like if you exhale more heavyweight and relax all the tension, and the second and the third must be inhale more light. you always must feel a circle To each bars of music with your wrist cause wrist breathe. the circle begins to the bottom with the first time. And goes up with the other time and start again with the first time to the next music bar. All the piano’s music must be played like that, cause you group your music bar in single gesture
It's really encouraging to see a classical pianist struggling this much! Usually you only get to see pianists in "performance mode" when everything is perfect.
This piece was my first real project my teacher gave me I put a lot of effort in. Learned it in Summerbreak 2018. Always come back to it since it introduced me to real classical piano. Am 17 now and by no means a good pianist but Debussy remained a big part and I've learned a lot more from him since. Oh und Grüße aus Baden Württemberg :)
I am amazed at artists that can pick a piece like this apart in a little over any hour. I've heard many pianists play Clair de Lune and it just shocks me to see you perform it so well so quickly.
I'm an absolute beginner at the piano, but I was hooked on this piece and spent about 4 or 5 hours a day trying to learn it for the last 4 months. It's encouraging to know that even the pros struggle a little bit with this piece, even if "struggle" for them is still better than I'll ever play.
@@mar7he131 Yeah, I'm glad I started with it, I don't have the patience to sit through the basics, and if it wasn't for this piece that really gripped me, I would have dropped piano immediately. Now I can backtrack and learn the basics to add to my playing, so even if it isn't the most efficient way to proficiency, for me it was the only way.
I been learning this for a while now and it feels encouraging to see that the hard parts are hard and that’s it’s not just a complete lack of ability/understanding of the piece on my part. Thank you for all you do and sharing a part of your life with us.
This is so completely amazing. The way you get so proficient at playing a piece (well, not proficient, but definitely a very good basis) in under 2 hours! Love your channel!
I love how you show your "learning a piece" process. People are often used to see the final result, but not to knowing how heavy the process of learning a piece can be. Even professional pianists need time to prepare something as huge as this piece, and as a pianist I think Annique job's with this challenge is brutal... Really amazed
Here is how I see the situation; Beautiful woman, beautiful musicianship, beautiful teaching. I learn more in five minutes with you than ever before, but that might be because I know so little. Thank you.
Deceptively simple, when it’s played without understanding then it’s pretty but when played as intended it creates a whole moment in time, setting sun, gentle rise of the moon and lifts us up into the very light itself. Dankeschön.
15:30 -- "WTF are these sharps doing here?" My feelings exactly when I reached that part. I'm impressed how quickly you got rhythms down where I (as an amateur) am still struggling!
You did great! I’ve been learning this song for two months now and I can finally play all the notes but working on the dynamics of it and keeping it all flowing with out me hesitanting. Uggg !! It is a difficult song to play and I’ve only been in lessons for two years after teaching myself for the first two years.
Do you feel that every time you play it, the piece asks more from you? As if you're close to getting what you want from it, but there's still that extra bit that's always seems out of reach?
@lollycopter well first off... I'm amateur at best.... but I definitely enjoy it.... but...in short yes... I work on one part... and I find another part that needs working on... so on and so forth... but it's such a great piece...
What’s really enjoyable here, is that it begins to seem like you’re writing this piece as you go along. One can more easily imagine Debussy writing it. You’re also such a delicate, expressive player! Mesmerizing to watch! Like a ballerina who also plays piano…🥰
Thankyou, I found this on a free website yesterday. Very pretty. I really appreciate being able to read the music as you play. It helps me correct myself as I only went to third grade classical but think I can play this one.
Such a lovely piece. I just downloaded this and printed it yesterday and started working it. It is probably a bit beyond my level but if I simplify I can get the first couple of pages nicely until I hit the arpeggios. Going to have to tear those apart to get them right but I'm loving the sound of this piece. It is so beautiful.
Debussy’s works are from the impressionistic era not romantic. Even though Debussy himself hated the word Impressionism, his works are still classified as impressionistic. He was one of the founding fathers of Impressionism.
@@karolpawlowski5368 oh thanks for the kind comment!
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Ich glaube du bist die einzige die versucht es einigermaßen so zu spielen, dass man die interessanten Polyrhythmen hören kann und ich finde es gut dass du das machst! Die machen das Stück wirklich interessanter.
This is my first time stumbling upon your channel. It's really cool to watch a professional learn this piece and see the process. I am a beginner -ish (750 hours of practice in 6 months) and I'm learning this piece right now. It's taken me a month to get through the first 2 pages at an average of 4 hours of practice in one day lol. She did it in an hour. I'm still getting used to reading in treble clef, though, and also still getting used to chord shapes, so that explains it haha... I definitely cannot sight read. Hopefully after some years I will be able to 😊
My piano teacher gave me this piece and in one hour I got through 4 measures haha, you are an amazing pianist ! Played beautifully and I can learn alot from you! Subscribing :)
@@ИванИванов-я9ы8н I never saw her playing this on her Instagram at least... And by the way, even though she's played before, I'll give you an example: she's already tried to play Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement before, but even so, she made a recent video playing this piece as a challenge... The only absolute and confirmed truth is to see her answer about it.
oooh been waiting for this one 🤩 have played this piece for years but still learnt a lot from this video! never realised the pulse was so important..... love the vids as usual annique :)
I adore music and play a bit of guitar and don't know anything about piano but the way you went about how you were learning this piece gave me goosebumps, the care in your fingers, hand gesture ,gentle smile in some notes(think i show two)man made me fall in love with music all over again. Thank you Annique P.S your video came randomly in my notification which I'm not complaining at all
Mearure 27 is where I am scratching my head... and measure 29... I have no idea what to do. I can't help but fall in love with musical talent like yours and the humility in which you present.
Just take it SLOWLY. look up finger positions for it if that helps. Musescore has a version with finger positions on it that I have used to see if the editor has better ideas than I do for which fingers to use
You did amazingly well for having soent just an hour. I have been playing this piece for a few years.its beautiful, because youre always a student of this piece. It is bot so hard to learn the piece technically, but to master all of the subtleties and nuances of this piece, takes a long time. For me anyway
Never studied this piece as yet. It is a beautiful piece but sounds complex to play well. Great job Annique!!😊. There are so many pieces to learn and so little time…
I love this piece, one of my `dream pieces` that I wanted to learn. I finally did it last year after playing a couple of other Debussy songs to get a better hang for it. the first Arabesque helped me a lot rhythmically because the hands play 3 notes against 2 for pretty much the whole song and it changes which hand plays de 3 notes sometimes.
It took me one year to get through...I still haven't got it completely right. But it's a beautiful piece and your learning curve is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
In the last performance at the beginning I was following the score, very soon I forgot about the score and simply enjoyed watching Annique playing that wonderful music. Pretty enjoyable performance.
For your 10 minutes try, it took me like a month to get to this point and i was very proud of myself and, I hear what you can do in less than one hour and i'm thinking like "It'll take me a while to reach this level" Anyway, really good video because really good piece of course and continue like that. Cheers.
@@jdun1 cause Liebestraum is not too complex for sight-reading. Don't get me wrong, it's not easy. There are a couple of cadenza-like moments that take a bit more time, but it's not like her end results are concert-ready performances, nor are they intended to be. On the other hand, I've seen people with some extraordinary sight reading skills who could probably sight read the entire Friska section (mentioned in the comment section earlier) with no problem, not to mention Liebestraum. So it all depends on the individual, I guess.
You're so impressive!! This is the only full piece I can play, took me several years of on and off play to finally finish it lol. It really is so beautiful when it all comes together
Right right, im well aware a grade 7 song isint the hardest in the world but u guys fail to realise grade 1-6 exist where u expect me to believe he had not learn a full song from the previous grades? U think this dude attended one piano class to know the basics then straight up started practising the same song for several years to finally be able to play it?
Yall actually think people start their first full song with D flat major?😂😂. Bruh i can hardly believe even if he said fur elise was his first full song and that is only grade 3
Its weird watching this person play this perfectly in 5 minutes, when it took me a day to do so. Granted, I am a beginner and I CAN'T SIGHT READ FOR THE LIFE OF ME. But, it's VERY impressive seeing somebody learn this so quickly.
yay feels great seeing you making more progess in 1 minute than me in 3 daysv (although I know you invested so much more time learning the piano in your past).
Always a great pleasure to see you struggle with such challenge. Congratulation....this keep me "alive" at my level thinking that I am not the only one to "suffer"... By the way, nice attire, yesss...gorgeous....
Very nice! And thank you for doing Claire de Lune; this is something I want to do myself, soon. I've played a couple of the preludes, and you're right; Debussy is very prescriptive in his scores. My teacher says over-prescriptive." While the notes themselves are clear, his performing hints are sometimes as vague as Satie. "Gradually emerging from the fog" or "ethereal and muffled." Or "with tender and sad regret." On the other hand, 9/8 can be fun. Take a look some time at Dave Brubeck's Blue Rondo a la Turk. 9/8 switches between 2-2-2-3 and 3-3-3, then the whole thing shifts to 4/4 for a while. And back. As with Claire de Lune, being strict about tempo is crucial. Again, thank you for this one!
One of my favorite classical pieces to listen to. I've never figured out the timing. I've always thought it was played in free time whenever I listen to it.
For 1/10/60 you did *fantastic. The fragile sound is only the beginning. Debussy was notorious for inter-chordal opposing dynamics, where you'll play a 3-4 note chord or roll on one hand, where one or two notes of the notes ring louder or softer than the others. This piece is *loaded* with that composition technique (hint: as is most of Debussy's piano repertoire). It sounds so sublime when played correctly, yet is incredibly deceptive. To learn this piece to the point I was convinced it was worthy of public exhibition I was playing it 4-5 dozen times a day for three months.
You look very beautiful in that outfit and well, music is always great. You learn so fast. I´d say lucky you but I know that is because of much hard work and practice, not a matter of luck.
ahhhhh your channel is my literal favorite. I love watching your videos before my piano class. idk what it is but I must say...you're are definitely my favorite classical pianist :D
A beautiful piece, performed by an extremely dedicated, skillful and beautiful classical pianist, wearing a beautiful dress. It doesn’t get much better than that. When Annique has this song down and is able to play it with confidence and feeling, I would love to hear her play it in its entirety.
New video idea: different time signatures. I like it when you explain/interpret the pulse of different time signatures, for example I didn't even know how to find the pulse in this 9/8!
Claire de Lune is probably one of the hardest pieces I have had to play from an everything standpoint. You always have to be thinking about the pulse, you always have to be thinking about the phrasing, where your texture is within your chords, and where he has everything makes that all so difficult. I can't believe you learned this in an hour though. It took me almost three months....
Felicidades,estos vídeos en lo particular me ayudan para saber cómo estudiar una obra,la admiro por su gran talento y simpatía,me transmite su alegría, seguiré disfrutando sus videos, saludos desde México
Hola, excelente explicación (como siempre). Y casualmente es una pieza que estoy trabajando. Me dió muchos detalles para observar y trabajar. Gracias -- Translation. Excelent explanation (as usual). By coincidence I´m trying with this same piece. You gave me a lot details to cjheck and work about. Thanks.
ClairE de Lune ... Don't know why I wrote the title wrong :P Whatever - it was a tough challenge, didn't expect it to be that hard :P Have you ever played this piece? Tell me in the comments!
Kewl, great video as always, 9/8 rhythm is pretty unusual but u pulled it off flawlessly!
ive played the first two pages
This is my favorite piece but the sheet music dont have fingering how i can get the fingering or what i can do
And Anique you are impresive learning
It sounded good to me! You could also try 'Schubert/Liszt : Erlkönig'
Clair de Lune is an example of “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. In this case, don’t judge a piece without looking and analyzing the music sheet first.
This piece, as you put it, is VERY different after even just 30 min or so of music analysis. So much depth behind the notes.
It's spelled Clair De Lune.
fanyu everywhere
Love your profile pic
Tapos?
Eddy's favourite piece 🌛
"iNeReStInG"
Stole my comment ahahahah.
Lol...we don't know that for sure u know,but I can relate 😁
Twosetttttt!
@@shirlyjosna2702 yesssssssssss
I love the vibes of this video,the big piano,her long brown hair,the white dress,clair de lune.its honestly so beautiful
My sentiments exactly - just missing the low lights and candles!
Would love to hear her interpretation after a couple of years of playing the piece.
Im currently learning this piece and just now I realize how many mistakes im making
Honestly same…..apparently my rhythm is super whack
@@akiyachef_5213 Yeah I struggle with that too
@william same but it is still very fun and relaxing to play which is the most important thing for me
@@noahmanus2923 agreed
@@connieknight9077 yeah I looked it up I think you mean Josh Wright and its actuallu helpfull I needed this thank you!
You made more progress in an hour than I did in 2 months
More than I have in 6!!
Sometimes I’m amazed at how many really famous pieces she’s never played before. It’s great of course because now we have this video but still...surprising at least.
I’m surprised she hasn’t played Clair de lune even though she’s a classical pianist haha. Anyway she’s a great pianist and of amazing skill! Keep it up Annique
Super skilled but she most definitely has before at least briefly.
Where is the soul?
@@greenwhitepnion9211 they aren’t talking about the Classical period.
I think that she's not learning it for the first time,but is just practing it after a long time,or just for her it's a normal practice session,because it's impossibilità she has never played it hahaha
@@sophiepreuer9362 I play this piece with ‘soul’ (I can’t be bothered sorting out my rhythm so I play what feels right in the moment)
Honestly kinda love that the alarm startles her, because it shows how into the music she gets, forgets about the world, then the alarm brings her back to reality
I've definitely spent several days with this piece. I appreciate seeing someone fairly accomplished make many of the same inevitable flubs with fingering (admittedly, she gave herself very little time) but it reminds me that regardless of how accomplished you are, we need to go through the same learning curve. Some of us walk it faster than others, but we all must walk it. Debussy's music has tremendous room for finesse and expression, so can continually teach us the more we work with it. Thank you for an amazing video!
It is so heart warming to see such a beautifully talented young artist striving for the best.
I am 78 and just starting to learn what I always wanted to learn, Claire de Lune. Better late than never.
Thank you Annique, you inspire me.
This pianist needs a lot more attention and subscribers because her piano playing and technique is unbelieve. “Whose with me”
The problem is you're counting in German. You need to count Debussy in French.....
J/K, this is delightful. I've been plunking at this all my life, you've inspired me to maybe work on it a bit more.
😂
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf
You are totally right. You have to catch the emotions and the soul of Debussy!!!
Wait do you mean
The first three seconds are gold. It’s me, each minute of my piano practicing.
Aaah, fangirling! Debussy is my favorite and it’s always nice to hear musicians play his pieces. So it’s even more exciting for me to see you pick this for this challenge. I really love hearing you play. Love this series of yours and def one of my fave classical pianists! ✨
I got a little advice from my music teacher when started to study this musical work. He said count 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 each measure. It helped me a lot with my study. Like to share it with you guys :)
I was taught to count triplets or compound time as 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a, etc. (i.e. one and ah two and ah three and ah). And semiquavers/sixteenths as 1 e + a 2 e + a (one ee and ah two ee and ah...) etc. I thought everyone did that, but maybe it's just a percussionist thing.
@@atatdotdot lots of different ways to do it!
By the way, that is because this is a waltz, or at least it’s in 3/4. I don’t know if you know that, but it feels worth mentioning.
My point was that a piece in 9/8 does not have nine beats in a bar, it has three - it's compound triple time. So you should count 1 x y 2 x y 3 x y, where x and y are some subdivision syllables - and I presume these will vary by region or teacher.
The exactly counting is 1 2 3 in dotted quater note that’s its. you must to feel each dotted quater note.
The firts one must be feel like if you exhale more heavyweight and relax all the tension, and the second and the third must be inhale more light. you always must feel a circle
To each bars of music with your wrist cause wrist breathe. the circle begins to the bottom with the first time. And goes up with the other time and start again with the first time to the next music bar. All the piano’s music must be played like that, cause you group your music bar in single gesture
It's really encouraging to see a classical pianist struggling this much! Usually you only get to see pianists in "performance mode" when everything is perfect.
The most beautiful tune ever composed, hardly a evening goes by without this being sampled for an advert.
This piece was my first real project my teacher gave me I put a lot of effort in. Learned it in Summerbreak 2018. Always come back to it since it introduced me to real classical piano. Am 17 now and by no means a good pianist but Debussy remained a big part and I've learned a lot more from him since. Oh und Grüße aus Baden Württemberg :)
Impressive as always! I love this piece!
yes!
what a beautiful piece , and more so a beautiful pianist...
I am amazed at artists that can pick a piece like this apart in a little over any hour. I've heard many pianists play Clair de Lune and it just shocks me to see you perform it so well so quickly.
Love that you describe the mistakes for us that don’t catch it! Also good for those who want to learn the piece too
That was beautiful. You did better in 1hr than I've been able to do in 2 months of practice. Claire de Lune is my favorite piece. You are amazing.
the dress? the hair? The gorgeous piano? The PLAYING? Are you an angel???
I'm an absolute beginner at the piano, but I was hooked on this piece and spent about 4 or 5 hours a day trying to learn it for the last 4 months. It's encouraging to know that even the pros struggle a little bit with this piece, even if "struggle" for them is still better than I'll ever play.
@@mar7he131 Yeah, I'm glad I started with it, I don't have the patience to sit through the basics, and if it wasn't for this piece that really gripped me, I would have dropped piano immediately. Now I can backtrack and learn the basics to add to my playing, so even if it isn't the most efficient way to proficiency, for me it was the only way.
@@jasonwillows5239 so I'm curious how's it going right now :)
Oh okey so I've been practicing this piece for 1 month and this girl in 1 hour is sounding like an angel
I been learning this for a while now and it feels encouraging to see that the hard parts are hard and that’s it’s not just a complete lack of ability/understanding of the piece on my part. Thank you for all you do and sharing a part of your life with us.
This is so completely amazing. The way you get so proficient at playing a piece (well, not proficient, but definitely a very good basis) in under 2 hours! Love your channel!
I love how you show your "learning a piece" process. People are often used to see the final result, but not to knowing how heavy the process of learning a piece can be. Even professional pianists need time to prepare something as huge as this piece, and as a pianist I think Annique job's with this challenge is brutal... Really amazed
I do love these challenges you do. They throw up some real gems. The way you played the temp rubato passage is lovely.
I LOVE these videos
i can just listen to you talking and still complete my assignments, its just so soothing.
Here is how I see the situation; Beautiful woman, beautiful musicianship, beautiful teaching. I learn more in five minutes with you than ever before, but that might be because I know so little. Thank you.
@F1shM!nn who can blame them tho
@F1shM!nn SIMPBELIUS OMG STOP
@F1shM!nn I see you are a fan of cringe cringe 40hrs
Deceptively simple, when it’s played without understanding then it’s pretty but when played as intended it creates a whole moment in time, setting sun, gentle rise of the moon and lifts us up into the very light itself. Dankeschön.
15:30 -- "WTF are these sharps doing here?" My feelings exactly when I reached that part.
I'm impressed how quickly you got rhythms down where I (as an amateur) am still struggling!
この人のピアノは暖かいと思う、
速いフレーズもしっかり弾く技術に妥協しない演奏も素晴らしいと思います。
Just to comment you look like a Lune fairy in this dress, totally appropriate with music and very beautiful!
You did great! I’ve been learning this song for two months now and I can finally play all the notes but working on the dynamics of it and keeping it all flowing with out me hesitanting. Uggg !! It is a difficult song to play and I’ve only been in lessons for two years after teaching myself for the first two years.
Wow ,these videos of her always motivate me a lot for practicing, btw she is so cute!
Been playing this for like a year.... it is so nuanced.....and evokes so much emotion
One of my favorite songs for sure....
Do you feel that every time you play it, the piece asks more from you? As if you're close to getting what you want from it, but there's still that extra bit that's always seems out of reach?
@lollycopter well first off... I'm amateur at best.... but I definitely enjoy it.... but...in short yes...
I work on one part... and I find another part that needs working on... so on and so forth... but it's such a great piece...
What’s really enjoyable here, is that it begins to seem like you’re writing this piece as you go along. One can more easily imagine Debussy writing it.
You’re also such a delicate, expressive player! Mesmerizing to watch! Like a ballerina who also plays piano…🥰
Thankyou, I found this on a free website yesterday. Very pretty. I really appreciate being able to read the music as you play. It helps me correct myself as I only went to third grade classical but think I can play this one.
Such a lovely piece. I just downloaded this and printed it yesterday and started working it. It is probably a bit beyond my level but if I simplify I can get the first couple of pages nicely until I hit the arpeggios. Going to have to tear those apart to get them right but I'm loving the sound of this piece. It is so beautiful.
The dress is fitting th piece, Debussy's pieces represant the romatic era the best
i discovered this piece in the evil within game
Debussy’s works are from the impressionistic era not romantic. Even though Debussy himself hated the word Impressionism, his works are still classified as impressionistic. He was one of the founding fathers of Impressionism.
Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms represent the romantic ear. Debussy was MUCH later and really is not a representative of the romantic era at all.
Why does the word "romantic" always get so abused? Something which sounds nice or "dreamy" is not necessarily romantic.
I mean, suicide is romantic.
@@Kref3 Debussy was not MUCH later than Brahms lmao
@@pierfrancescopeperoni Romantic as in Romanticism, the artistic and intellectual period/movement, is a tad bit differently classified ;)
that was BEAUTIFUL!!!! I could listen to you all day long!!!
When watching these videos i realize how much deeper the music really is and how much more I have to learn to be able to play a piece well.
I haven’t even seen the video yet but I already can say it will be an awesome one..
Mr Fryderyk you are pride of Poland! The whole country is very proud of you! 🇵🇱
@@karolpawlowski5368 oh thanks for the kind comment!
Ich glaube du bist die einzige die versucht es einigermaßen so zu spielen, dass man die interessanten Polyrhythmen hören kann und ich finde es gut dass du das machst! Die machen das Stück wirklich interessanter.
This is my first time stumbling upon your channel. It's really cool to watch a professional learn this piece and see the process. I am a beginner -ish (750 hours of practice in 6 months) and I'm learning this piece right now. It's taken me a month to get through the first 2 pages at an average of 4 hours of practice in one day lol. She did it in an hour. I'm still getting used to reading in treble clef, though, and also still getting used to chord shapes, so that explains it haha... I definitely cannot sight read. Hopefully after some years I will be able to 😊
My piano teacher gave me this piece and in one hour I got through 4 measures haha, you are an amazing pianist ! Played beautifully and I can learn alot from you! Subscribing :)
make me wanna go practice this piece again, even though i have other pieces to work on
next? Chopin - Heroic Polonaise (Op. 53 in A Flat Major) ?
yess pls i’ve been asking for that too
Yess , I also asked for that one lol
Good idea...
I think she has learnt this piece, she's a big fan of Chopin
@@ИванИванов-я9ы8н I never saw her playing this on her Instagram at least...
And by the way, even though she's played before, I'll give you an example: she's already tried to play Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement before, but even so, she made a recent video playing this piece as a challenge...
The only absolute and confirmed truth is to see her answer about it.
oooh been waiting for this one 🤩 have played this piece for years but still learnt a lot from this video! never realised the pulse was so important..... love the vids as usual annique :)
I adore music and play a bit of guitar and don't know anything about piano but the way you went about how you were learning this piece gave me goosebumps, the care in your fingers, hand gesture ,gentle smile in some notes(think i show two)man made me fall in love with music all over again. Thank you Annique
P.S your video came randomly in my notification which I'm not complaining at all
Mearure 27 is where I am scratching my head... and measure 29... I have no idea what to do. I can't help but fall in love with musical talent like yours and the humility in which you present.
Just take it SLOWLY. look up finger positions for it if that helps. Musescore has a version with finger positions on it that I have used to see if the editor has better ideas than I do for which fingers to use
may i just respectfully say… u are the most beautiful pianist in the world!!!
You did amazingly well for having soent just an hour.
I have been playing this piece for a few years.its beautiful, because youre always a student of this piece. It is bot so hard to learn the piece technically, but to master all of the subtleties and nuances of this piece, takes a long time. For me anyway
I luv the sound of your playing piano
I must ask: How are you so amazing and have not learned such well-known pieces? Love the challenge format, btw!
Time is limited there are always more pieces
She tries to learn lesser known pieces to challenge herself, especially Chopin etudes
@@andrewleaming759 chopin etudes are well known though
@@practician5730 not as well known as moonlight sonata or Claire de lune though
Never studied this piece as yet. It is a beautiful piece but sounds complex to play well. Great job Annique!!😊. There are so many pieces to learn and so little time…
I'm glad you talked about the rhythm of this piece. Most people seem to get it very wrong.
Can't believe the channel has grown so far 😍😍 I guess I was there when it was below 10k
I love this piece, one of my `dream pieces` that I wanted to learn. I finally did it last year after playing a couple of other Debussy songs to get a better hang for it. the first Arabesque helped me a lot rhythmically because the hands play 3 notes against 2 for pretty much the whole song and it changes which hand plays de 3 notes sometimes.
Learning Arabesque No1 right now, and your information about Debussy was very helpful!
So nice to see you making something else than those well-known finger twisters!
It took me one year to get through...I still haven't got it completely right. But it's a beautiful piece and your learning curve is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous tone on that piano
In the last performance at the beginning I was following the score, very soon I forgot about the score and simply enjoyed watching Annique playing that wonderful music. Pretty enjoyable performance.
For your 10 minutes try, it took me like a month to get to this point and i was very proud of myself and, I hear what you can do in less than one hour and i'm thinking like "It'll take me a while to reach this level"
Anyway, really good video because really good piece of course and continue like that.
Cheers.
Claire de Lune is such a beautiful piece and I cannot understand why Debussy himself dislikes it
Please do Liebestraum No. 3 by Liszt I’m really curious on how you would learn that piece!
Im not sure she could learn it in one hour
@@moimorak she did Hungarian rhapsody in 1 hour soooo
@@moimorak definitely manageable
@@nezajaz Leibestraum no 3 is far more difficult than Claire de Lune, and longer, so not sure why you seem so sure.
@@jdun1 cause Liebestraum is not too complex for sight-reading. Don't get me wrong, it's not easy. There are a couple of cadenza-like moments that take a bit more time, but it's not like her end results are concert-ready performances, nor are they intended to be. On the other hand, I've seen people with some extraordinary sight reading skills who could probably sight read the entire Friska section (mentioned in the comment section earlier) with no problem, not to mention Liebestraum. So it all depends on the individual, I guess.
You're so impressive!! This is the only full piece I can play, took me several years of on and off play to finally finish it lol. It really is so beautiful when it all comes together
I hate to break it to you but only non musicians would believe your first full piece is one of the hardest songs lol…
@@Hehexddddd lol at no point did the guy call it the hardest piece
@@Hehexddddd that is def not the hardest song, are you okay? it is no where near the hardest song.
Right right, im well aware a grade 7 song isint the hardest in the world but u guys fail to realise grade 1-6 exist where u expect me to believe he had not learn a full song from the previous grades? U think this dude attended one piano class to know the basics then straight up started practising the same song for several years to finally be able to play it?
Yall actually think people start their first full song with D flat major?😂😂. Bruh i can hardly believe even if he said fur elise was his first full song and that is only grade 3
Its weird watching this person play this perfectly in 5 minutes, when it took me a day to do so. Granted, I am a beginner and I CAN'T SIGHT READ FOR THE LIFE OF ME. But, it's VERY impressive seeing somebody learn this so quickly.
yay feels great seeing you making more progess in 1 minute than me in 3 daysv (although I know you invested so much more time learning the piano in your past).
Always a great pleasure to see you struggle with such challenge. Congratulation....this keep me "alive" at my level thinking that I am not the only one to "suffer"...
By the way, nice attire, yesss...gorgeous....
Very nice! And thank you for doing Claire de Lune; this is something I want to do myself, soon. I've played a couple of the preludes, and you're right; Debussy is very prescriptive in his scores. My teacher says over-prescriptive." While the notes themselves are clear, his performing hints are sometimes as vague as Satie. "Gradually emerging from the fog" or "ethereal and muffled." Or "with tender and sad regret." On the other hand, 9/8 can be fun. Take a look some time at Dave Brubeck's Blue Rondo a la Turk. 9/8 switches between 2-2-2-3 and 3-3-3, then the whole thing shifts to 4/4 for a while. And back. As with Claire de Lune, being strict about tempo is crucial.
Again, thank you for this one!
My absolute all time favorite piece of music! Ever!
One of my favorite classical pieces to listen to. I've never figured out the timing. I've always thought it was played in free time whenever I listen to it.
For 1/10/60 you did *fantastic. The fragile sound is only the beginning. Debussy was notorious for inter-chordal opposing dynamics, where you'll play a 3-4 note chord or roll on one hand, where one or two notes of the notes ring louder or softer than the others. This piece is *loaded* with that composition technique (hint: as is most of Debussy's piano repertoire). It sounds so sublime when played correctly, yet is incredibly deceptive. To learn this piece to the point I was convinced it was worthy of public exhibition I was playing it 4-5 dozen times a day for three months.
You look very beautiful in that outfit and well, music is always great. You learn so fast. I´d say lucky you but I know that is because of much hard work and practice, not a matter of luck.
This music is my favorite of all classic musics. Just wonderful!
ahhhhh your channel is my literal favorite. I love watching your videos before my piano class. idk what it is but I must say...you're are definitely my favorite classical pianist :D
Thanks so much for playing Clair de Lune, you made my day! I really hope to be able to play this some day it's one of my favorite songs.
Yeeessssss!
One of my best classical songs! Thank you for this video! 👏
Next Challenge: Sonate Phatetiqe ... Pls make it!!!
A beautiful piece, performed by an extremely dedicated, skillful and beautiful classical pianist, wearing a beautiful dress. It doesn’t get much better than that.
When Annique has this song down and is able to play it with confidence and feeling, I would love to hear her play it in its entirety.
You upgrading yourself every next day about of video edit. congratulations 🤗🤗
New video idea: different time signatures. I like it when you explain/interpret the pulse of different time signatures, for example I didn't even know how to find the pulse in this 9/8!
Claire de Lune is probably one of the hardest pieces I have had to play from an everything standpoint. You always have to be thinking about the pulse, you always have to be thinking about the phrasing, where your texture is within your chords, and where he has everything makes that all so difficult. I can't believe you learned this in an hour though. It took me almost three months....
Great video and excellent course
I loved the video!! you're very talented!! 💗Here on the other side of the world, Greetings from Chile! 🇨🇱😅
Felicidades,estos vídeos en lo particular me ayudan para saber cómo estudiar una obra,la admiro por su gran talento y simpatía,me transmite su alegría, seguiré disfrutando sus videos, saludos desde México
Why is nobody talking about how pretty she is?
Your vids are awesome, they trigger a mix of feelings inside me. So good
Most beautiful piece i ever heard in my life.
You look sooo beautiful in this dress!! 🥰😍
Amazing as always!
Annique, may I compliment you on your choice of dress....truly enchanting
So talented and amazing. thanks
I'm moving from norway to germany in a few months and I was happy I found some german TH-camrs.
Hola, excelente explicación (como siempre). Y casualmente es una pieza que estoy trabajando. Me dió muchos detalles para observar y trabajar. Gracias -- Translation. Excelent explanation (as usual). By coincidence I´m trying with this same piece. You gave me a lot details to cjheck and work about. Thanks.