Week 4 – Share Your Final Progress!
We’ve reached the last week of our Debussy Challenge! Now it’s time to bring everything together. 🎶
📹 Post a video of your piece (or even just part of it) to show your final progress.
✨ Reflect on your journey – what surprised you the most while learning this music, and what are you most proud of?
💬 Encourage each other in the comments – this is a celebration of everyone’s growth!
Let’s fill this thread with Debussy’s colors, textures, and impressions. Can’t wait to see what you’ve created!
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Here's my video, in which I allowed myself to include two images, because of the visual meaning of the piece. I've really enjoyed learning this kind of music, which I don't usually play. It's been challenging to achieve the sonority I was imagining in my mind, with all those pianissimos here and there. But, it's definitely been worth it.
Thanks, Dominic, once again for the chance to explore new pieces through these challenges.
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I'm posting my recording of Arabesque No. 1. It's a piece I learned 50 years ago (ouch, that's hard to admit) and returned to a few weeks ago. I was surprised that it was like learning it from scratch. I feel I have the basic components down, but am working with my teacher now on perfecting voicing, texture and fluidity. You won't see a lot of that in this video LOL. I re-recorded my first video since my hands were so tight from nerves. I almost made it to the end of the piece, so you might notice a small edit.
The part I find most difficult is the ascending right hand in mm. 34-36. I was actually able to work on this with Dominic at the Tonebase Piano Camp 2 weeks ago, and I do believe that's improved.
The most beautiful section for me is when the final theme is introduced starting m. 89. The piece becomes almost polyphonic at this point and it's tricky to maintain the 2-against-3 rhythm. Hope I came close.
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Ballade #70
Here is my short video from pg 1-3. Unfortunately I am unable to complete it at this time. 🥹
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The Little Shepherd
Here is my week 4 progress, with some very noticeable flubs. It certainly needs continued work but getting this far in really only three weeks is an accomplishment for me.
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Hi everyone. This is my progress of Clair de Lune. I have learned more of Debussy’s life, thanks to Dominic.
I’m not over with Clair de Lune, yet I’m glad memorization is making progress. -
Hi all
I beg your indulgence, I submit two Debussy pieces for the challenge
I have worked on these in years past and tried to bring them up to a reasonable performance standard
1. Prelude no 4 from book 1
les sons et parfums…
I love this piece , it’s amazing that Debussy can produce these ‘ethereal’ effects even though the chords are not that unusual, but it’s the way it’s put together
also a great thrill to get to play the bottom note of the piano in the final bars !!!
2. Gollywogs cakewalk, great fun playing this , and I always chuckle when Debussy pokes a bit of fun at Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde in the second part
appreciate any comments!
Debussy
Les sons et parfums…
https://youtu.be/NNH3_i9fzZk?si=cn8Sglt_sxCJ8geF
Gollywogs cakewalk