Debussy: Clair de Lune

Track: Debussy: Clair de Lune

This is the discussion thread for Debussy's Clair de Lune — post your questions here as you make your way through the Track.

Dominic kicks the Track off, with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet joining throughout for his perspective on the piece. Along the way it covers soft-playing fundamentals, the middle (sostenuto) pedal and the una corda, the arpeggios and voicing through the middle section, the climax at bar 41, and the closing arpeggios and final chord.

This is a piece where touch and pedaling do most of the work, so questions about soft playing, the middle pedal, or balancing the melody over the arpeggios are exactly what this thread is for.

If you worked on this one a while back and drifted away, no worries — post where you left off (the opening, the middle section, the climax) and we'll help you find your way back in.