Thank you. Excellent tip. It’s not always the fast parts of a piece need to be played properly so this helps give the piece the professional start it deserves. Thanks again.
You are very welcome. I am thinking of making a few more videos about this piece - just thinking about what else might be useful. Thank you for watching!
It's the same story as for your Beethoven piece before. This Debussy piece,.... is for teenagers. I was 18 when i played it, please. there is nothing for advanced masterclass here. Even the Arabesque is much more difficult, these pieces, you can't take them seriously anymore, they have no blood inside. The preludes are much better : Everything else is better, than this ! Even Gradus ad Parnassum.
@laurenth7187 18? As an advanced piano player you’re, could you share what piece that you are practicing now and what challenges you have? So you may have a chance to be other piano beginner viewers’ "role model!"
Dear Laruenth7187, Thank you for commenting. The concept of matching notes in the melody requires at least decent level of listening skills and good deal of attention to learn. I am sure you are aware of how many pianists do not even care about obtaining such skill. In my title, I was not intending to imply that the Claire de Lune is an advanced piece, but that the video discusses a more advanced mean of creating a singing melody line (which is coincidentally part of this music). Over the years, I have taught a large number of popular classical pieces hundreds of times each. Despite of this, I have not gotten bored or tired of the music I teach. Every time I work on something again, I try to re-create it (Stanislavsky), see a different perspective, particularly with the help of students whose personalities are never the same. The simplicity of Claire de Lune (or similar pieces) does not deter me from communicating its musical message, regardless of how trivial it might seem comparing to something like Schubert 960. I just love this music for what it is. Just to add some perspective to my words, although most of my students never reach levels of highest artistic and technical proficiency, I regularly teach the most difficult repertoire available, and have played a great deal of it at a young age. I find my age relevant only in the context of life experience and maturity necessary to understand some of the advanced music, but not in the way of preventing me from enjoying simple music. I hope this makes sense. I hope in my future videos I get a chance to approach some more complex music - hopefully - to your enjoyment. Best wishes, W
@@pianoarticlesweekly I think I agree with your perspective. I think it'd be a great shame if a piece such as Clair de Lune is gatekept by age and piano level. It's a beautiful piece that can be played at varying levels of expression, and also rather "reflective", which I think only gets better with age!
![5 Minutes On... Debussy - Clair de Lune | Daniel Barenboim [subtitulado]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XiWfPJLp2ko/mqdefault.jpg)
You are truly a phenomenal and outstanding musician, pianist and teacher. I wish my daughter was taking lessons with you!
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you. Excellent tip. It’s not always the fast parts of a piece need to be played properly so this helps give the piece the professional start it deserves. Thanks again.
You are very welcome. I am thinking of making a few more videos about this piece - just thinking about what else might be useful. Thank you for watching!
It's the same story as for your Beethoven piece before. This Debussy piece,.... is for teenagers. I was 18 when i played it, please. there is nothing for advanced masterclass here. Even the Arabesque is much more difficult, these pieces, you can't take them seriously anymore, they have no blood inside. The preludes are much better : Everything else is better, than this ! Even Gradus ad Parnassum.
@laurenth7187 18? As an advanced piano player you’re, could you share what piece that you are practicing now and what challenges you have? So you may have a chance to be other piano beginner viewers’ "role model!"
Dear Laruenth7187,
Thank you for commenting.
The concept of matching notes in the melody requires at least decent level of listening skills and good deal of attention to learn. I am sure you are aware of how many pianists do not even care about obtaining such skill. In my title, I was not intending to imply that the Claire de Lune is an advanced piece, but that the video discusses a more advanced mean of creating a singing melody line (which is coincidentally part of this music).
Over the years, I have taught a large number of popular classical pieces hundreds of times each. Despite of this, I have not gotten bored or tired of the music I teach. Every time I work on something again, I try to re-create it (Stanislavsky), see a different perspective, particularly with the help of students whose personalities are never the same. The simplicity of Claire de Lune (or similar pieces) does not deter me from communicating its musical message, regardless of how trivial it might seem comparing to something like Schubert 960. I just love this music for what it is.
Just to add some perspective to my words, although most of my students never reach levels of highest artistic and technical proficiency, I regularly teach the most difficult repertoire available, and have played a great deal of it at a young age. I find my age relevant only in the context of life experience and maturity necessary to understand some of the advanced music, but not in the way of preventing me from enjoying simple music.
I hope this makes sense.
I hope in my future videos I get a chance to approach some more complex music - hopefully - to your enjoyment.
Best wishes,
W
@@pianoarticlesweekly I think I agree with your perspective. I think it'd be a great shame if a piece such as Clair de Lune is gatekept by age and piano level. It's a beautiful piece that can be played at varying levels of expression, and also rather "reflective", which I think only gets better with age!